Mind: How Fiction Becomes Fact On Social Media

BENEDICT CAREY, NY Times: Science
Fri, 10/20/2017 - 12:06pm

Platforms like Facebook and Twitter offer up memes designed to feel real, if only for an instant — long enough for our minds to make a false connection.

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