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Should we worry that half of Americans trust their gut to tell them what's true?

  • Written by R. Kelly Garrett, Associate Professor of Communication, The Ohio State University
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Have you ever thought to yourself, “I’ll bet that’s true,” before you had all the facts? Most people probably have at some point.

Where people differ is in how often they do so. A 2016 survey that my colleague Brian Weeks and I conducted found that 50.3 percent of all Americans agreed with the statement...

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