How to become better at smelling and avoiding the many varieties of bullshit

The study design included even the infamous gorilla ; )

Participants were also given anattention check. For this, participants were shown a list ofactivities (e.g., biking, reading) directly below the followinginstructions: “Below is a list of leisure activities. If youarereading this, please choose the “other” box below and typein ‘I read the instructions’”. This attention check proved rather difficult with 35.4% of the sample failing (N= 99).
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