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In reply to the discussion: Test your susceptibility to misinformation with this Cambridge test. Good luck. [View all]AZJonnie
(434 posts)7. I love tests like this, thank you
🎉 Congratulations!
You're more resilient to misinformation than 96% of the US population!
📈 Your MIST-20 results: 20/20
I admit I cheated on one because it was SO obscure (question about the King of Morocco doing something). I suspected (correct answer) and looked it up and confirmed that . So I think I deserve the 100%
Be nice if they'd bump up their server's CPU and memory config that's for sure. Slowest site I've seen in years. But still a good test.
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Test your susceptibility to misinformation with this Cambridge test. Good luck. [View all]
brewens
Oct 2024
OP
You can take it over and over, but I can't figure out which one I missed because now I've got 20/20 correct.
LeftInTX
Oct 2024
#58
I marked it real if it sounded plausible and fake if it sounded implausible/crazy.
Crunchy Frog
Oct 2024
#136
What was your answer on the eye color question? I was reluctant to say yes but I'm sure I had seen studies saying
Quixote1818
Oct 2024
#83
Agree. I got the hotel bottel one wrong too but I stay in hotels for work all the time.
Quixote1818
Oct 2024
#89
Yeah, I should have gone with my gut feeling. I was probably more inclined to believe the limited studies becaues
Quixote1818
Oct 2024
#95
A MAGAt or other tin-foil-hat wearer would tell you the test was designed to test...
RidinWithHarris
Oct 2024
#53
Yup. Pretty much a waste of time around here. As I suspected. MAGAts would be afraid to take it, so this
brewens
Oct 2024
#33
"Veracity Discernment: 100% (ability to accurately distinguish real news from fake news)"
LudwigPastorius
Oct 2024
#43
I think I missed the trust question. I was thinking big picture as in the last few decades and losing trust because
brewens
Oct 2024
#63
Hmmm. I said they didn't remove the small bottles from the bathrooms. Maybe that was it. n/t
brewens
Oct 2024
#102
I don't mind multi-use. Unfortunately, I likely just read the headline and I interpreted it as: "Pack soap & shampoo"
LeftInTX
Oct 2024
#118
It's the only question that didn't, from my perspective, have a correct answer.
Ms. Toad
Oct 2024
#127
17 out of 20 I wonder if I got the one about eye color wrong but I had seen several studies on this
Quixote1818
Oct 2024
#82
19/20 here. It was much faster when I chose not to be considered in their study. n/t
woodsprite
Oct 2024
#130