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Barriers to Being Information Literate
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10• Unaware of personal biases/phenomographic limitations 9• Regurgitating information from an "authority" without verifying its accuracy8• Inability to remain neutral when needed/appropriate7• Irrational fear/Chicken Little Effect6• Underestimating/ignoring people's capacity to do evil and/or good 5• Social Pressure/$/Short Term Benefits4• Cognitive Dissonance- difficulty processing conflicting feelings and facts 3• Information Asymmetry 2• Information overload 1• Mis- & Dis-Information Other Barriers to Being Information Literate Ignoring empirical evidence, experience and reason Unrealistic Expectations/Wishful Thinking Effect Those determined to misunderstand, will. Acting based on information that one wants to be true that is not Projection Fear of not Knowing Poor Information Optics Gaslighting Ad hominum attacks "It's true because I say it's true" Virtue signaling Echo chamber/confirmation bias Over thinking Impatience Laziness Arrogance Fear of what is true
10• Unaware of personal biases/phenomographic limitations 9• Regurgitating information from an "authority" without verifying its accuracy8• Inability to remain neutral when needed/appropriate7• Irrational fear/Chicken Little Effect6• Underestimating/ignoring people's capacity to do evil and/or good 5• Social Pressure/$/Short Term Benefits4• Cognitive Dissonance- difficulty processing conflicting feelings and facts 3• Information Asymmetry 2• Information overload 1• Mis- & Dis-Information Other Barriers to Being Information Literate Ignoring empirical evidence, experience and reason Unrealistic Expectations/Wishful Thinking Effect Those determined to misunderstand, will. Acting based on information that one wants to be true that is not Projection Fear of not Knowing Poor Information Optics Gaslighting Ad hominum attacks "It's true because I say it's true" Virtue signaling Echo chamber/confirmation bias Over thinking Impatience Laziness Arrogance Fear of what is true