Behind the Front: Don’t fall for a false forecast
Behind the Front
English - August 26, 2020 12:35 - 26 minutes - 36 MB - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsNews Science Natural Sciences birmingham news weather educational firstalert fox6 wbrc weswyatt Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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WBRC Chief Meteorologist J-P Dice is getting to the bottom of why false weather information circulates the internet. This turns out to be a lesson in psychology and an interview with UAB psychologist Dr. Josh Kaplow sheds light on people’s motivation for sharing false information and how unconscious biases can influence not viewers but also meteorologists.
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