Mark Henkel’s Reviews > Misbelief: What Makes Rational People Believe Irrational Things > Status Update

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INDEX pp.299-311
About the Author Pg 312

References Complete

Rather than use End- or Footnotes and Bibliography,
this section offers sources fro each of the 6 parts of the book.

Acknowledgments Complete

"I especially want to thank the many misbelievers."
...I appreciate your willingness to engage with me & help me understand this complex world we live in."

I NOTE:
By 2025,
in terms of what I call #Covid1984
and the #TrumpDerangementSyndrome so common in academia, the media, and the ousted political party leaders,
the biased-author HIMSELF
turns out to be MISBELIEVER
of now-proven truth!

Ch.12 Complete
Why Superman Gives Me Hope
A Final Word (Not Really)

Pp.288-289
"If you'd asked me 10yrs ago whether
mistrust &misinformation were big issues,
I'd have shrugged them off...
Now... top of my list...
...Misinformation...
as a real threat to our ability to come together
and solve larger challenges"

(by 2025 #Covid194 has since been a proven tyranny
to which AUTHOR had succumbed to ACTUAL msinformation)

Ch.11 Complete
Can We Afford to Trust Again
--and Can We Afford Not To?

Pg.272
"all of this is a story about trust and the erosion of trust"

Misses that IMPOSITION Creates OPPOSITION ™

Twice author has access to elites that regular people never have

Mistrust &the Media

(unwittingly shows media IS propaganda)

Temptation Not to Trust

(Neglects govt IMPOSING creates distrust
rather than "stop IMPOSING: solution)

PART 6 Begins
MISBELIEF, TRUST, AND THE STORY OF OUR FUTURE

Ch.10 Complete
The Social Accelerator

Cognitive Dissonance

Fake Conspiracy, Real Community?

Using Extremity to Enhance Identity

Pg.255
"half-bearded devil... Illuminati... & Bill Gates"

Identity, Polarization, &the Acceleration of Misbelief

Jonathan Haidt
NBC News

Pg259
"we're all...misbelievers"

Social Media - as Elite, Author access to platform team

Those who left QAnon
(But same of who left progessivism)

Ch.9 Complete
Ostracism, Belonging, and the Social Attraction of Misbelief

"Misbelievers"
"suspicious of govts... finds all the govt-issued restrictions during Covid-19 pandemic confusing & frustrating"

Says it's understandable that "Misbelievers" attracted to people who feel likewise, while author does the same

Ostracism drives Misbelievers deeper into Misbelief

Does not realize: IMPOSITION Creates OPPOSITION ™

***PAST NOTE HERE***
PART 5 Begins
THE SOCIAL ELEMENTS AND THE STORY OF TRIBALISM