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Frequent repetition makes people believe falsehoods, because familiarity passes for truth
Drawn from what Daniel Kahneman said
What Daniel Kahneman actually said
- Daniel Kahneman Psychologist and Nobel laureate (1934 to 2024)
A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth.
Where this was said
↗Thinking, Fast and Slow (Doubleday Canada, 2011)archive.org
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