Truth-seeking assumptions leave people unprepared for deliberate lying

Evidence

But that is the point. Critical thinking may be in desperately short supply. It is hard enough to find the truth in a fair fight. Most of us, especially scientists who assume everyone is dedicated to the truth, may be unprepared for the unfair fight when some people deliberately promote lies. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3144

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the Milgrom law-merchant material about institutions emerging where honest dealing cannot be assumed — both are about how cooperative assumptions fail under adversarial conditions. — connects to: Words used instrumentally become lies; only obdurate thought resists; Adding a photo raises the judged truth of any accompanying claim — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 85; False news reached more people than truth on Twitter, driven by human sharing. — Sander van der Linden, Foolproof: Why Misinformation Infects…, 346 (+3 more)