People believe gossip more than truth


	People believe gossip more than truth

LisbethJ

10-15-2007 7:46 PM

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10-15-2007 8:04 PM

willhelm

Everything trumps the truth.

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                                        Study: Gossip Trumps Truth                </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20071015/sc_livescience/studygossiptrumpstruth"><P>
People are influenced by gossip about others, even when it contradicts what they see with their own eyes, suggests a new study. 
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20071015/sc_livescience/studygossiptrumpstruth"><P>Past research has found that <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/livescience/sc_livescience/storytext/studygossiptrumpstruth/24831489/SIG=11v1utm5r/*http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/060731_rumor_mill.html">gossip</A>—those juicy tidbits of supposed fact we share about a third party—serves many purposes, including strengthening social ties, spreading social norms and helping others avoid double-crossers and other risky partners.  
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20071015/sc_livescience/studygossiptrumpstruth"><P>Hearsay can be the most reliable source of information about situations for which you have no experience. But when you hear gossip that's incongruent with a person or incident you are familiar with, you'd be smart to throw that <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/livescience/sc_livescience/storytext/studygossiptrumpstruth/24831489/SIG=11qj7mitu/*http://www.livescience.com/health/070705_chatty_men.html">chitchat</A> out the window in favor of your own direct knowledge, right? 
</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20071015/sc_livescience/studygossiptrumpstruth"><P>Sommerfeld and his colleagues examined how gossip transmitted information and how it affected another person's behavior. 
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