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Scientists show how ‘doing your own research’ leads to believing conspiracies — This effect arises because of the quality of information churned out by Google’s search engine(www.vice.com)

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Scientists show how ‘doing your own research’ leads to believing conspiracies — This effect arises because of the quality of information churned out by Google’s search engine::Researchers found that people searching misinformation online risk falling into “data voids” that increase belief in conspiracies.

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I used Google back then and started using Kagi recently. The results I get remind me of how Google used to be.

The only downside is it’s a paid service, but it’s worth it for me personally

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