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Shane Kavanagh
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Public Health Researcher & Educator. PhD; Master of Public Health.
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The second, on June 25th, will be a talk about the sequel, of sorts, to my book Calling Bullshit.

"Modern Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?" is the new, free online course that Jevin West and I developed about how to think, learn, and thrive in a ChatGPT world.
Modern Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines: Teaching students to think, learn, and thrive in a ChatGPT world
Join Carl Bergstrom in a talk that helps teach students to think, learn and thrive in a ChatGPT world.In this session, Carl will provide an overview of the course Modern Day Oracles or Bullshit Machin...
www.education.unsw.edu.au
June 13, 2025 at 4:50 AM
...'In such cases, the result is not an infodemic but a marketplace of rationalizations. People do not treat harmful viruses as a consumer good, and they do not want to be infected with them; with misinformation, by contrast, they often do.'
February 23, 2025 at 1:20 AM
not completely convinced of framing from public health perspective, but this is good..

'Motivated believers seek out misleading content that rationalizes their favored convictions and narratives, and misinformation entrepreneurs stand to win social and financial rewards from satisfying this demand'
February 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM