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High Emotional Intelligence Helps People Recognize Fake News
Study Finds ^ | John Anderer

Posted on 03/15/2021 6:59:29 PM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 03/15/2021 6:59:29 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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WTF is “emotional intelligence?”


2 posted on 03/15/2021 7:01:02 PM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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I must have exceptional EQ then ;D.


3 posted on 03/15/2021 7:01:18 PM PDT by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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I guess I have it then. All it takes is a tiny bit of education, not emotions needed. Simply educate yourself.


4 posted on 03/15/2021 7:02:32 PM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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Emotional intelligence? Or is that another way of describing mental health? I tend to find those who believe what their politically-biased TV is telling them are easily lied to because they prefer to be. They are also lying to themselves.


5 posted on 03/15/2021 7:04:00 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: from occupied ga

I would say it is the ability to detach from emotion and use logic, but I was wrong once.


6 posted on 03/15/2021 7:05:53 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (No audit. No peace.)
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To: from occupied ga

It’s like a participation award, for those who lost the IQ race.


7 posted on 03/15/2021 7:07:23 PM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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Emotional intelligence=lack of emotional control often leading to pearl clutching.


8 posted on 03/15/2021 7:08:28 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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Meanwhile, subjects who correctly identified fake news told researchers “comes across as more of a rant” and “fearmongering article with no data.”


9 posted on 03/15/2021 7:12:11 PM PDT by Grampa Dave ("The Covid 19 Circus has run out of acts. It’s time to reopen. It is past time! It’s long overdue! ")
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So, critical thinking skills are passe, and probably racist.

Better to be an emotional thinker; back in the day they used to call this ‘hysterical’.

The Furies are on the loose.


10 posted on 03/15/2021 7:13:14 PM PDT by bakeneko
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I think you’re probably right; but I don’t think there’s any definitive ‘test’ to measure it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_intelligence


11 posted on 03/15/2021 7:14:26 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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>> In other words, participants with more education appear to have a better eye for spotting fake news.

They why do Ivy League graduates fall for Communism and militant Leftism?


12 posted on 03/15/2021 7:26:11 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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This article seems to fit the category of “fake news”, by its own criteria. What are “trusted sources”? Trusted by whom? Why is an emotionally-charged report necessarily “fake”? I recall a lot of factual, but emotionally-charged reports during 9/11. And I’ve heard and read many obvious untruths presented with a tone of objectivity and authority.

What is this quality referred to as “emotional intelligence”, which a person can be “trained to enhance”? Apparently this sort of “intelligence” is not an aptitude, but something that is learned. What makes it “intelligent”?


13 posted on 03/15/2021 7:29:35 PM PDT by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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>> WTF is “emotional intelligence?”

LOL — same thoughts


14 posted on 03/15/2021 7:31:43 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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>>Fig 1. Shows an example of a real news item on the left and a fake news item on the right.

They erroneous call real news about the fake man-made global climate scare “fake news”

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0246757

15 posted on 03/15/2021 7:32:10 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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In most majors, they are far more brainwashed than educated, and it began in prep school.


16 posted on 03/15/2021 7:32:30 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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This article is complete BS and who ever posted should not be allowed to post any more articles.


17 posted on 03/15/2021 7:37:20 PM PDT by jpsb
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WTF is “emotional intelligence?”

Its a neutral way of saying female.
This should have had a Barf Alert!
18 posted on 03/15/2021 7:40:13 PM PDT by 100%FEDUP (I'm seeing RED!)
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Well if those stories are authored by the MSM then there is no thinking required. They are fake news.


19 posted on 03/15/2021 7:50:46 PM PDT by Revel
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My emotional intelligence is for shit. Probably around 88 (where 100 is average).
OTOH - i can spot fake news miles away.


20 posted on 03/15/2021 7:57:11 PM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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