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Recent Examples of misperception
This is a step in the right direction to reducing the risks of misperception and miscalculation.
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Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 25 Sep. 2024
There has been confusion in the community that has led to some unintended misperceptions.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Today, there is a misperception that web and social media companies must rely on the Big Tech business practices of data harvesting and algorithmic manipulation, also known as surveillance capitalism, to be successful.
—Mark Weinstein, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
Americans who hold anti-intellectual views were more resistant to vaccinating against COVID in the early days of the pandemic; more likely to believe that climate change is not human-caused; and more likely to express misperceptions about macroeconomic performance.
—Matt Motta, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2024
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Timothy H.j. Nerozzi Fox News, Fox News, 25 Sep. 2024
There has been confusion in the community that has led to some unintended misperceptions.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2024
Today, there is a misperception that web and social media companies must rely on the Big Tech business practices of data harvesting and algorithmic manipulation, also known as surveillance capitalism, to be successful.
—Mark Weinstein, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2024
Americans who hold anti-intellectual views were more resistant to vaccinating against COVID in the early days of the pandemic; more likely to believe that climate change is not human-caused; and more likely to express misperceptions about macroeconomic performance.
—Matt Motta, Scientific American, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Misperception.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/misperception. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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