Reading vocabulary
without curves
flat
What does Greg believe?
He believes the Earth is flat.
to become fashionable or popular
catch on
Who was the first one to claim that the Earth was a globe?
Aristotle
A large amount of evidence that is so significant that is so significant or convincing that it can't be ignored
overwhelming body of evidence
What questions is 21st-century technology raising about the way we acquire knowledge?
How do we decide what's true?
Why do certain ideas spread so easily?
Why do some people believe so firmly in ideas that are clearly at odds with scientific evidence?
A belief that some secret but influential organization is responsible for an event or phenomenon?
Conspiracy theory
What may explain why people are taken in by fake news?
Cognitive biases such as confirmation bias, illusory truth effect, bandwagon effect, backfire effect, and bias blind spot
A systematic error in our thinking that occurs when we're processing and interpreting information
cognitive bias
What does the author suggest for us to become more conscious?
question sources of information, read widely, seek out a range of perspectives, examine the evidence carefully