Archive - Since Refictions /// Propaganda Science

Eroding Trust in Media is Classic Totalitarian

I highly recommend reading Don Moynihan's latest post, The Trust Trap

Mar 8 • Jonathan Fowler

Unfalsifiability /// The Bullshitter's Loophole

Confirmation Bias Part 4: Metacognition and the moral cost of certainty

Mar 6 • Jonathan Fowler

February 2026

Using Confirmation Bias to Lie, Deceive, and Persuade

Confirmation Bias Part 3: How self-deception keeps the con going

Feb 25 • Jonathan Fowler

Confirmation Bias as a Badge of Tribal Loyalty

Confirmation Bias Part 2 /// Two evolutionary reasons we cling to our delusions

Feb 16 • Jonathan Fowler

Confirmation Bias /// Inconvenient Truths and the Mechanics of Being Sure

The science of deluding yourself and falling for MAGA's bullshit

Feb 3 • Jonathan Fowler

January 2026

Dual-Process Theory /// The Science of Falling for MAGA's Bullshit

Cognitive miserliness and lazy brains. A breakdown of Kahneman and Tversky's System 1 and System 2 thinking.

Jan 31 • Jonathan Fowler

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