{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Learntocheck","provider_url":"https:\/\/learntocheck.org\/en\/","author_name":"Nereida Carrillo","author_url":"https:\/\/learntocheck.org\/en\/author\/nereida\/","title":"Cognitive biases: how we deceive ourselves - Learntocheck","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1paqS6yPYo\"><a href=\"https:\/\/learntocheck.org\/en\/item\/cognitive-biases-how-we-deceive-ourselves\/\">Cognitive biases: how we deceive ourselves<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/learntocheck.org\/en\/item\/cognitive-biases-how-we-deceive-ourselves\/embed\/#?secret=1paqS6yPYo\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Cognitive biases: how we deceive ourselves&#8221; &#8212; Learntocheck\" data-secret=\"1paqS6yPYo\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/learntocheck.org\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/learntocheck.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/artificial-intelligence-4736369_19201.jpg","thumbnail_width":1920,"thumbnail_height":1108,"description":"Who is deceiving us? And why? Public perception and various academic studies point to political parties, governments, influencers, the media, activists and people in general. However, all these potential malicious agents have a powerful ally: our own brain. Yes, sometimes the very thing that makes mistakes and leads us to believe in so-called fake news more easily is our own brain, our mind, ourselves. Here, we explain what cognitive biases are and why they plunge us into disinformation and false beliefs."}