illusory truth effect

"But he hasn't got anything on," a little child said. - The Emperor's New Clothes, Hans Christian Andersen | wasmormon.org — "But he hasn't got anything on," a little child said. - The Emperor's New Clothes, Hans Christian Andersen

Nobody would confess that he couldn't see anything, for that would prove him either unfit for his position, or a fool. - The Emperor's New Clothes, Hans Christian Andersen | wasmormon.org — Nobody would confess that he couldn't see anything, for that would prove him either unfit for his position, or a fool. - The Emperor's New Clothes, Hans Christian Andersen

“No one believes, but everyone believes that everyone else believes” - A Logic-Based Approach to Pluralistic Ignorance, Jens Ulrik Hansen, 2012 | wasmormon.org — “No one believes, but everyone believes that everyone else believes” - A Logic-Based Approach to Pluralistic Ignorance, Jens Ulrik Hansen, 2012

"What's this?" thought the Emperor. "I can't see anything. This is terrible! Am I a fool? Am I unfit to be the Emperor? What a thing to happen to me of all people!" "Oh! It's very pretty," he said. "It has my highest approval." And he nodded approbation at the empty loom. Nothing could make him say that he couldn't see anything. - The Emperor's New Clothes, Hans Christian Andersen | wasmormon.org — "What's this?" thought the Emperor. "I can't see anything. This is terrible! Am I a fool? Am I unfit to be the Emperor? What a thing to happen to me of all people!" – "Oh! It's very pretty," he said. "It has my highest approval." And he nodded approbation at the empty loom. Nothing could make him say that he couldn't see anything. - The Emperor's New Clothes, Hans Christian Andersen

The Emperor’s New Clothes

“The Emperor’s New Clothes” is a classic fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. It tells the story of an emperor who two cunning weavers deceive. They promise him a …

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One Mission Is Not Enough – Church Urges Seniors for Two

"We've invited you here tonight because we want to extend an invitation to each of you to serve... Will you prayerfully consider serving two missions? Not one, but two?" - Elder Kevin W. Pearson, LDS General Authority Seventy and President of the Utah Area March 19th, 2023, The Best Time of Our Lives: Senior Missionary Opportunities Broadcast | wasmormon.org

The church held a special Broadcast for the Utah Area to drum up interest and enlist more senior missionaries in the service of the church. Elder Kevin Pearson, of the Seventy, who is also the Area President of the Utah Area worked to fire up the attendees with a call to serve. He urged all …

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What is the Illusory Truth Effect? Imagine your brain is like a sponge that soaks up information. When you hear something many times, even if it's not true, your brain starts to believe it. This is called the Illusory Truth Effect. We have a tendency to believe something is true, just because we've heard it over and over again. This is because our brains like things that are familiar. If we hear something a lot, it feels familiar, and our brain thinks it must be true. So just because we've heard something repeated a ton, it doesn't make it true! We should think critically, and don't believe everything we hear. Use our mind as a brain rather than simply a sponge! wasmormon.org/illusory-truth-effect — What is the Illusory Truth Effect? A comic created with the help of AI • wasmormon.org/illusory-truth-effect

I Know The Church Is True

"It is one thing to be able to say, “I believe, I think, I hope that the gospel is true,” but it requires personal revelation and personal acknowledgment and recognition to declare, “I know that the Church is true.” - Elder Charles Didier, October 1991 General Conference | wasmormon.org

Nearly every speaker in a testimony meeting says “I know the church is true.” This is a nonsensical statement, but considering the Illusory Truth Effect we can see what the church may be after. We know that repetitions don’t make statements any more true, but psychologically we do tend to believe things we’ve heard repeatedly. …

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What is the Illusory Truth Effect? Imagine your brain is like a sponge that soaks up information. When you hear something many times, even if it’s not true, your brain starts to believe it. This is called the Illusory Truth Effect. We tend to believe something is true, just because we’ve heard it over and …

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Jean Was a Mormon, an Ex-Mormon Profile Spotlight

Jean was impressed with the ‘true religion’ as taught by the missionaries and joined the church with her young family. After serving faithfully for a long time and even serving a senior mission to South Africa, she collected a few issues onto her shelf. She questioned why she and the other missionaries weren’t better protected …

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Gain a Testimony By Pretending To Have One

"We gain or strengthen a testimony by bearing it… testimonies are better gained on the feet bearing them than on the knees praying for them." - LDS Apostle, Dallin H. Oaks - General Conference April 2008 | wasmormon.org

Many testimonies come off like the bearer thinks that “I know” actually means “I really hope” or “I want to know”. When encouraged to bear a testimony to find it, this doublethink and newspeak almost makes sense. We gain or strengthen a testimony by bearing it. Someone even suggested that some testimonies are better gained …

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Illusion of truth effect That people are more likely to identify as true statements those they have previously heard, even if they cannot consciously remember having heard them, regardless of the actual validity of the statement. In other words, a person is more likely to believe a familiar statement than an unfamiliar one. — Illusion of truth effect: That people are more likely to identify as true statements those they have previously heard, even if they cannot consciously remember having heard them, regardless of the actual validity of the statement. In other words, a person is more likely to believe a familiar statement than an unfamiliar one.

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