Some claims remain unbelievable no matter how often repeated

Evidence

I know what you’re thinking: there must be a limit to what people will believe? There is. Interestingly, the MIT researchers found that some claims are just too ridiculous, no matter how often you repeat them, most notably: ‘The earth is a perfect square’ (though even flat-earthers are on the rise; but more on that later). — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof, 71

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Repeating a statement increases belief in its truth regardless of accuracy — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 65; Repeating a false claim to debunk it increases its plausibility — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice: How to Communicate…, 164; Repeated exposure alone makes false statements seem more credible to anyone — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice: How to Communicate…, 285 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Repeating a false claim to debunk it increases its plausibility #complicates (0.85) — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 164
• Repeated exposure alone makes false statements seem more credible to anyone #contradicts (0.85) — Holm Gero Hümmler, Ulrike Schiesser, Fact and Prejudice, 285
• Repeated assertions eventually become believed because their authorship is forgotten #complicates (0.80) — Ernesto Laclau, On Populist Reason, 77
• Repeated false accusation can generate belief through sheer illocutionary force #contradicts (0.80) — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk, 1466
• Belief perseverance persists even when evidence establishing it is shown false #contradicts (0.80) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2586