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90. Thank you yardwork

Sun Oct 6, 2024, 10:00 AM

Oct 6

That is very kind of you. I too think individual performances on tests like these are not necessarily hard metrics of people’s susceptibility to misinfo -at least not under all circumstances.

Interestingly their results indicate that age is a factor. On this test older adults did better. Gen Z and millennials were the worst performers. I am Gen X whereas DU mostly consists of boomers. To that extent it tracks with their findings.

However, the polling found that younger adults are worse than older adults at identifying false headlines, and that the more time someone spent online recreationally, the less likely they were to be able to tell real news from misinformation.

This runs counter to prevailing public attitudes regarding online misinformation spread, say researchers – that older, less digitally-savvy “boomers” are more likely to be taken in by fake news.

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Test your susceptibility to misinformation with this Cambridge test. Good luck. [View all] brewens Oct 5 OP

So did I, but the site is slow and awkward to figure out. LeftInTX Oct 5 #1

19/20 as well dflprincess Oct 5 #36

17/20 Delarage Oct 5 #2

20/20 for me! Thanks DU! spooky3 Oct 5 #3

Well done! MLAA Oct 5 #14

Pls share correct answers, thanks in advance! nt BWdem4life Oct 5 #31

I didn't make a screen cap of them. You make selections directly spooky3 Oct 5 #45

You can take it over and over, but I can't figure out which one I missed because now I've got 20/20 correct. LeftInTX Oct 5 #58

Iirc, those are the answers I selected too. Nt spooky3 Oct 6 #68

I can't figure which one I got wrong originally. It's weird! LeftInTX Oct 6 #70

The site froze up on me so I didn't get my results. Looks like it was 19/20. yardwork Oct 6 #85

I don't see what this questionnaire proves: robbob Oct 6 #92

Re: Hyatt - it is across the board. Ms. Toad Oct 6 #103

Thanks for that info, robbob Oct 6 #108

I don't know - but my guess is that it was testing exposure to news. Ms. Toad Oct 6 #114

I marked it real if it sounded plausible and fake if it sounded implausible/crazy. Crunchy Frog Oct 7 #136

And how did you do? robbob Oct 7 #137

20/20. Crunchy Frog Oct 7 #138

Thanks for this! Mossfern Oct 6 #99

These are not the same questions that I had. sdfernando Oct 6 #109

What was your answer on the eye color question? I was reluctant to say yes but I'm sure I had seen studies saying Quixote1818 Oct 6 #83

Yes, on the quiz they call it false. spooky3 Oct 6 #84

Agree. I got the hotel bottel one wrong too but I stay in hotels for work all the time. Quixote1818 Oct 6 #89

The Hyatt thing was in the news. So, I guess it was an "info" question. LeftInTX Oct 6 #94

All of them were, but it may not be appropriate to assume that spooky3 Oct 6 #111

The question was "CLEARLY". Not based on one study. LeftInTX Oct 6 #93

Yeah, I should have gone with my gut feeling. I was probably more inclined to believe the limited studies becaues Quixote1818 Oct 6 #95

Our truth detector. paleotn Oct 6 #106

18 out of 20. luvallpeeps Oct 5 #4

19/20 as well petronius Oct 5 #5

19/20 but damn that site is slow. NT EllieBC Oct 5 #6

I love tests like this, thank you AZJonnie Oct 5 #7

I guessed on that one. Ms. Toad Oct 5 #26

I know, I know ...I was bad, but at least I admitted I kinda cheated :) AZJonnie Oct 6 #91

Sometimes I cheat - Ms. Toad Oct 6 #100

I concluded it was likely factual based on how it was worded. LeftInTX Oct 5 #52

Also 20/20 but Disaffected Oct 5 #8

Me too 20/20 but two where I was not certain I was right MerrilyMerrily Oct 5 #65

17/20 Better than I thought I would do. Fla Dem Oct 5 #9

19/20 The test says I am bit skeptical about the news PurgedVoter Oct 5 #10

15/16 SalviaBlue Oct 5 #11

Same. ecstatic Oct 6 #96

19/20. I'd hate to see a MAGAT's score n/t Blaukraut Oct 5 #12

Actually, I'd enjoy that. Nt spooky3 Oct 5 #46

A MAGAt or other tin-foil-hat wearer would tell you the test was designed to test... RidinWithHarris Oct 5 #53

IT'S RIGGED!!! AZJonnie Oct 6 #121

I got 19 of 20 also. MLAA Oct 5 #13

100% Tesha Oct 5 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author BWdem4life Oct 5 #29

I took that one with same results Lifeafter70 Oct 6 #112

That was a surprise duncang Oct 5 #16

20/20 Ned Low Oct 5 #17

20/20 correct. Big Blue Marble Oct 5 #18

Pls share correct answers, thanks in advance! nt BWdem4life Oct 5 #32

19/20 but BWdem4life Oct 5 #19

18/20 Timewas Oct 5 #20

18/20. 100 % IDing fake news. NewHendoLib Oct 5 #21

I got a perfect score. I've always been good at true / false tests. hunter Oct 5 #22

Pls share correct answers, thanks in advance! nt BWdem4life Oct 5 #33

17/20 Imalittleteapot Oct 5 #23

20/20 Ms. Toad Oct 5 #24

19/20 Being a cynic can be positive. Ping Tung Oct 5 #25

20/20 Bit surprised jmbar2 Oct 5 #27

Pls share correct answers, thanks in advance! nt BWdem4life Oct 5 #35

I didn't save anything - sorry. jmbar2 Oct 5 #55

18/20 IzzaNuDay Oct 5 #28

18/20, a couple I wasn't aware of. Enter stage left Oct 5 #30

Yup. Pretty much a waste of time around here. As I suspected. MAGAts would be afraid to take it, so this brewens Oct 5 #33

Me too-19 /20! Alliepoo Oct 5 #37

Really slow site Sanity Claws Oct 5 #38

17/20 there were some I had no idea about. nt Phoenix61 Oct 5 #39

19/20 LostOne4Ever Oct 5 #40

mine: 19/20 ret5hd Oct 5 #41

Guess I'm very skeptical Jmb 4 Harris-Walz Oct 5 #42

"Veracity Discernment: 100% (ability to accurately distinguish real news from fake news)" LudwigPastorius Oct 5 #43

19/20; I want to know which one I missed! fierywoman Oct 5 #44

20/20 Mariana Oct 5 #47

16/16 Kaleva Oct 5 #48

Thanks! Delphinus Oct 5 #49

19/20, but I thought I'd get lower... RidinWithHarris Oct 5 #50

18/20 but ... moonscape Oct 5 #51

18 of 20. NT ravjav Oct 5 #54

17/20, said I'm cynical about news, true n/t hibbing Oct 5 #56

I got 18 out of 20 NYFlip Oct 5 #57

20/20 harumph Oct 5 #59

19/20 hedda_foil Oct 5 #60

17/20 DemonGoddess Oct 5 #61

19/20 Luciferous Oct 5 #62

I think I missed the trust question. I was thinking big picture as in the last few decades and losing trust because brewens Oct 5 #63

That was the other one I wasn't certain about - Ms. Toad Oct 6 #101

Hmmm. I said they didn't remove the small bottles from the bathrooms. Maybe that was it. n/t brewens Oct 6 #102

That's the one. Ms. Toad Oct 6 #104

Oh yeah. I stayed at boutique hotel called Hotel Indigo LeftInTX Oct 6 #115

I don't recall the specific wording of the question Ms. Toad Oct 6 #116

I don't mind multi-use. Unfortunately, I likely just read the headline and I interpreted it as: "Pack soap & shampoo" LeftInTX Oct 6 #118

Then that's the one I got wrong. iemanja Oct 6 #124

It's the only question that didn't, from my perspective, have a correct answer. Ms. Toad Oct 6 #127

Good to know Lulu KC Oct 6 #131

18/20 indigovalley Oct 5 #64

nice try prodigitalson Oct 5 #66

Poor that they don't tell which were missed. nt Disaffected Oct 5 #67

The right answers were posted above in this thread (leftinTx #58). If you can spooky3 Oct 6 #69

OK, thanks but Disaffected Oct 6 #79

17/20 for me. GoodRaisin Oct 6 #71

Much to my surprise, I got them all right. Jeebo Oct 6 #72

I did poorly :-( 15/20 jfz9580m Oct 6 #73

Got 19/20. I know which one I got wrong. SPOILER LAS14 Oct 6 #74

I don't think you did poorly. yardwork Oct 6 #86

Thank you yardwork jfz9580m Oct 6 #90

DO - OVERS ! Conjuay Oct 6 #75

16/16 Shermann Oct 6 #76

My ability to detect fake news is 100% kcr Oct 6 #77

20/20 Aviation Pro Oct 6 #78

19/20 North Shore Chicago Oct 6 #80

Okay North Shore Chicago Oct 6 #81

17 out of 20 I wonder if I got the one about eye color wrong but I had seen several studies on this Quixote1818 Oct 6 #82

There is a hidden variable there Mountainguy Oct 6 #88

19 of 20. intheflow Oct 6 #87

The word "Analytica" isn't lurking in the background, I hope... Montauk6 Oct 6 #97

Yeah, I didn't submit my email. But sites have cookies. LeftInTX Oct 6 #113

I hit submit and nothing happened Mossfern Oct 6 #98

Got the same....19/20 Red Mountain Oct 6 #107

I'm having trouble with the site too iemanja Oct 6 #122

19/20 100% spotting fake news. Seems to be the trend here. paleotn Oct 6 #105

17/20 OneBlueDotS-Carolina Oct 6 #110

20 for 20, but I guessed on the NGO question. 11 Bravo Oct 6 #117

17/20 Native Oct 6 #119

19/20 Emrys Oct 6 #120

19/20 iemanja Oct 6 #123

20/20, woohoo! NoveltySocks Oct 6 #125

I wasn't sure on 3 or 4 questions, but I ended up with 20/20. Abolishinist Oct 6 #126

There goes my delusion of intelligence! Aussie105 Oct 6 #128

Ayyy! 20/20 happybird Oct 6 #129

19/20 here. It was much faster when I chose not to be considered in their study. n/t woodsprite Oct 6 #130

18/20, 15/16 Freethinker65 Oct 6 #132

I got an 18/20; there were a couple I was not sure about. ms liberty Oct 6 #133

20/20 last time was 19/20. Nt okaawhatever Oct 6 #134

I got 20/20. Crunchy Frog Oct 7 #135

I only did the 16 question one. Got 16/16. sinkingfeeling Oct 8 #139