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73. I did poorly :-( 15/20

Sun Oct 6, 2024, 04:01 AM

Oct 6

👍 Good try!
You're more resilient to misinformation than 53% of the US population!

📈 Your MIST-20 results: 15/20
Veracity Discernment: 50% (ability to accurately distinguish real news from fake news)

Real News Detection: 70% (ability to correctly identify real news)

Fake News Detection: 80% (ability to correctly identify fake news)

Distrust/Naïvité: -1 (ranges from -10 to +10, overly skeptical to overly gullible)

👉 Your ability to recognize real and fake news is good! You might be a bit skeptical when it comes to the news.

I had no idea if Morocco even had a king and if so whether they would be likely to take an action like that.

I got the Trump one wrong because I thought (wrongly) that Republicans are rarely divided on Trump.

The govt officials trying to manipulating stock prices one confused me because I don’t have a US or EU centric perspective. That did sound like a headline that is plausible in some parts of the world with overtly corrupt governments. However, maybe it would also be unlikely to get press coverage in those parts.

I got the attitudes towards EU one wrong because my stereotype of Europeans is that they are generally unenthusiastic about everything including themselves ;-/.

One of the 5 I got wrong was a simple click error. These are the four where I really didn’t know.

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Test your susceptibility to misinformation with this Cambridge test. Good luck. [View all] brewens Oct 5 OP

So did I, but the site is slow and awkward to figure out. LeftInTX Oct 5 #1

19/20 as well dflprincess Oct 5 #36

17/20 Delarage Oct 5 #2

20/20 for me! Thanks DU! spooky3 Oct 5 #3

Well done! MLAA Oct 5 #14

Pls share correct answers, thanks in advance! nt BWdem4life Oct 5 #31

I didn't make a screen cap of them. You make selections directly spooky3 Oct 5 #45

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 5 #58

Iirc, those are the answers I selected too. Nt spooky3 Oct 6 #68

I can't figure which one I got wrong originally. It's weird! LeftInTX Oct 6 #70

The site froze up on me so I didn't get my results. Looks like it was 19/20. yardwork Oct 6 #85

I don't see what this questionnaire proves: robbob Oct 6 #92

Re: Hyatt - it is across the board. Ms. Toad Oct 6 #103

Thanks for that info, robbob Oct 6 #108

I don't know - but my guess is that it was testing exposure to news. Ms. Toad Oct 6 #114

I marked it real if it sounded plausible and fake if it sounded implausible/crazy. Crunchy Frog Oct 7 #136

And how did you do? robbob Oct 7 #137

20/20. Crunchy Frog Oct 7 #138

Thanks for this! Mossfern Oct 6 #99

These are not the same questions that I had. sdfernando Oct 6 #109

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 6 #83

Yes, on the quiz they call it false. spooky3 Oct 6 #84

Agree. I got the hotel bottel one wrong too but I stay in hotels for work all the time. Quixote1818 Oct 6 #89

The Hyatt thing was in the news. So, I guess it was an "info" question. LeftInTX Oct 6 #94

All of them were, but it may not be appropriate to assume that spooky3 Oct 6 #111

The question was "CLEARLY". Not based on one study. LeftInTX Oct 6 #93

Yeah, I should have gone with my gut feeling. I was probably more inclined to believe the limited studies becaues Quixote1818 Oct 6 #95

Our truth detector. paleotn Oct 6 #106

18 out of 20. luvallpeeps Oct 5 #4

19/20 as well petronius Oct 5 #5

19/20 but damn that site is slow. NT EllieBC Oct 5 #6

I love tests like this, thank you AZJonnie Oct 5 #7

I guessed on that one. Ms. Toad Oct 5 #26

I know, I know ...I was bad, but at least I admitted I kinda cheated :) AZJonnie Oct 6 #91

Sometimes I cheat - Ms. Toad Oct 6 #100

I concluded it was likely factual based on how it was worded. LeftInTX Oct 5 #52

Also 20/20 but Disaffected Oct 5 #8

Me too 20/20 but two where I was not certain I was right MerrilyMerrily Oct 5 #65

17/20 Better than I thought I would do. Fla Dem Oct 5 #9

19/20 The test says I am bit skeptical about the news PurgedVoter Oct 5 #10

15/16 SalviaBlue Oct 5 #11

Same. ecstatic Oct 6 #96

19/20. I'd hate to see a MAGAT's score n/t Blaukraut Oct 5 #12

Actually, I'd enjoy that. Nt spooky3 Oct 5 #46

A MAGAt or other tin-foil-hat wearer would tell you the test was designed to test... RidinWithHarris Oct 5 #53

IT'S RIGGED!!! AZJonnie Oct 6 #121

I got 19 of 20 also. MLAA Oct 5 #13

100% Tesha Oct 5 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author BWdem4life Oct 5 #29

I took that one with same results Lifeafter70 Oct 6 #112

That was a surprise duncang Oct 5 #16

20/20 Ned Low Oct 5 #17

20/20 correct. Big Blue Marble Oct 5 #18

Pls share correct answers, thanks in advance! nt BWdem4life Oct 5 #32

19/20 but BWdem4life Oct 5 #19

18/20 Timewas Oct 5 #20

18/20. 100 % IDing fake news. NewHendoLib Oct 5 #21

I got a perfect score. I've always been good at true / false tests. hunter Oct 5 #22

Pls share correct answers, thanks in advance! nt BWdem4life Oct 5 #33

17/20 Imalittleteapot Oct 5 #23

20/20 Ms. Toad Oct 5 #24

19/20 Being a cynic can be positive. Ping Tung Oct 5 #25

20/20 Bit surprised jmbar2 Oct 5 #27

Pls share correct answers, thanks in advance! nt BWdem4life Oct 5 #35

I didn't save anything - sorry. jmbar2 Oct 5 #55

18/20 IzzaNuDay Oct 5 #28

18/20, a couple I wasn't aware of. Enter stage left Oct 5 #30

Yup. Pretty much a waste of time around here. As I suspected. MAGAts would be afraid to take it, so this brewens Oct 5 #33

Me too-19 /20! Alliepoo Oct 5 #37

Really slow site Sanity Claws Oct 5 #38

17/20 there were some I had no idea about. nt Phoenix61 Oct 5 #39

19/20 LostOne4Ever Oct 5 #40

mine: 19/20 ret5hd Oct 5 #41

Guess I'm very skeptical Jmb 4 Harris-Walz Oct 5 #42

"Veracity Discernment: 100% (ability to accurately distinguish real news from fake news)" LudwigPastorius Oct 5 #43

19/20; I want to know which one I missed! fierywoman Oct 5 #44

20/20 Mariana Oct 5 #47

16/16 Kaleva Oct 5 #48

Thanks! Delphinus Oct 5 #49

19/20, but I thought I'd get lower... RidinWithHarris Oct 5 #50

18/20 but ... moonscape Oct 5 #51

18 of 20. NT ravjav Oct 5 #54

17/20, said I'm cynical about news, true n/t hibbing Oct 5 #56

I got 18 out of 20 NYFlip Oct 5 #57

20/20 harumph Oct 5 #59

19/20 hedda_foil Oct 5 #60

17/20 DemonGoddess Oct 5 #61

19/20 Luciferous Oct 5 #62

I think I missed the trust question. I was thinking big picture as in the last few decades and losing trust because brewens Oct 5 #63

That was the other one I wasn't certain about - Ms. Toad Oct 6 #101

Hmmm. I said they didn't remove the small bottles from the bathrooms. Maybe that was it. n/t brewens Oct 6 #102

That's the one. Ms. Toad Oct 6 #104

Oh yeah. I stayed at boutique hotel called Hotel Indigo LeftInTX Oct 6 #115

I don't recall the specific wording of the question Ms. Toad Oct 6 #116

I don't mind multi-use. Unfortunately, I likely just read the headline and I interpreted it as: "Pack soap & shampoo" LeftInTX Oct 6 #118

Then that's the one I got wrong. iemanja Oct 6 #124

It's the only question that didn't, from my perspective, have a correct answer. Ms. Toad Oct 6 #127

Good to know Lulu KC Oct 6 #131

18/20 indigovalley Oct 5 #64

nice try prodigitalson Oct 5 #66

Poor that they don't tell which were missed. nt Disaffected Oct 5 #67

The right answers were posted above in this thread (leftinTx #58). If you can spooky3 Oct 6 #69

OK, thanks but Disaffected Oct 6 #79

17/20 for me. GoodRaisin Oct 6 #71

Much to my surprise, I got them all right. Jeebo Oct 6 #72

I did poorly :-( 15/20 jfz9580m Oct 6 #73

Got 19/20. I know which one I got wrong. SPOILER LAS14 Oct 6 #74

I don't think you did poorly. yardwork Oct 6 #86

Thank you yardwork jfz9580m Oct 6 #90

DO - OVERS ! Conjuay Oct 6 #75

16/16 Shermann Oct 6 #76

My ability to detect fake news is 100% kcr Oct 6 #77

20/20 Aviation Pro Oct 6 #78

19/20 North Shore Chicago Oct 6 #80

Okay North Shore Chicago Oct 6 #81

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 6 #82

There is a hidden variable there Mountainguy Oct 6 #88

19 of 20. intheflow Oct 6 #87

The word "Analytica" isn't lurking in the background, I hope... Montauk6 Oct 6 #97

Yeah, I didn't submit my email. But sites have cookies. LeftInTX Oct 6 #113

I hit submit and nothing happened Mossfern Oct 6 #98

Got the same....19/20 Red Mountain Oct 6 #107

I'm having trouble with the site too iemanja Oct 6 #122

19/20 100% spotting fake news. Seems to be the trend here. paleotn Oct 6 #105

17/20 OneBlueDotS-Carolina Oct 6 #110

20 for 20, but I guessed on the NGO question. 11 Bravo Oct 6 #117

17/20 Native Oct 6 #119

19/20 Emrys Oct 6 #120

19/20 iemanja Oct 6 #123

20/20, woohoo! NoveltySocks Oct 6 #125

I wasn't sure on 3 or 4 questions, but I ended up with 20/20. Abolishinist Oct 6 #126

There goes my delusion of intelligence! Aussie105 Oct 6 #128

Ayyy! 20/20 happybird Oct 6 #129

19/20 here. It was much faster when I chose not to be considered in their study. n/t woodsprite Oct 6 #130

18/20, 15/16 Freethinker65 Oct 6 #132

I got an 18/20; there were a couple I was not sure about. ms liberty Oct 6 #133

20/20 last time was 19/20. Nt okaawhatever Oct 6 #134

I got 20/20. Crunchy Frog Oct 7 #135

I only did the 16 question one. Got 16/16. sinkingfeeling Oct 8 #139