“You have to distinguish between misinformation, which is a mistake and disinformation, which is something that somebody wants you to believe, because it serves them.”

There's been a lot of work in the social sciences, political science, psychology, trying to figure out solutions to change people's beliefs, says @adamberinsky.bsky.social “And what we found is that it's very hard to change people's beliefs. And when you can do it, the effects are pretty small.”