Why Americans Think Obama Is Muslim

New research says it might have something to do with “motivational reasoning.” “People completely ignore contrary information” and “develop elaborate rationalizations based on faulty information,” says one scholar. Sharon Begley reports.

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   Almost one-fourth of Americans choose to believe that he’s a Muslim. Surely, you...be THAT...

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   egghead-speak for: “cuz dey stoopit”

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    All this just begs the question: even if he is Muslim —who cares?! Not that I was alive for

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    I think what they mean...say is that Americans are prejudiced against Muslims.

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    HEY, I WAS RIGHT! Seriously, our unwillingness to look at new information and adapt to

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    been doing this for generations.

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    Confirmation bias FTL

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