Good article a friend sent to me about people lacking the desire to find contrary information in the Internet age. The article specifically is talking about false information in political terms — such as the death squads in the current health care reform debates and falsehoods such as Obama not possessing an American birth certificate. It can obviously also be extrapolated into the Internet age as a whole — where while it’s easier than ever to seek out contrary viewpoints, people tend to stick with those sites and crowds that are the most like their opinions and the like. Interesting read.
Why We Believe Lies, Even When We Learn the Truth