Coming up next: What happened when others tried to replicate it?

Did the backfire hold up?
Was it really that common?

Or did we overreact to a misunderstood effect?

🧵 Thread 2 drops soon:

#CorrectionMyths #BackfireEffectSeries

Hashtags we’ll use for each part:
✅ #BackfireEffect – the original concept
✅ #CorrectionMyths – what the science now says
✅ #DebunkingSmart – how to fight falsehoods the right way

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🧵 Thread 2: The Backfire Effect... Doesn’t Work Like You Think

In 2020, a team of researchers reviewed a decade of data on the “Backfire Effect.”

The result?
It’s real sometimes — but rare.

And we’ve been getting it wrong.👇

#CorrectionMyths #BackfireEffectSeries