Falsehoods Fly Quotes

“Perception is generally a good source of real information because it results from interactions between bodily senses and the world. But perception can go wrong in three different ways: mistakes, illusions, and hallucinations.”
― Paul Thagard, Falsehoods Fly: Why Misinformation Spreads and How to Stop It

“Disinformation is misinformation that is spread deliberately by people who know it is false. Disinformation consists of intentional lies, whereas misinformation can be unwittingly spread by people who actually believe it. Former president Barack Obama has described disinformation as “the single biggest threat to our democracy.”
― Paul Thagard, Falsehoods Fly: Why Misinformation Spreads and How to Stop It

“Misinformation promotes wars based on lies concerning the perceived enemy.”
― Paul Thagard, Falsehoods Fly: Why Misinformation Spreads and How to Stop It