Blog entry 5

 It is easy for humans to be deceived by rumors and lies. But also humans can think that the lies were being told is the truth, Unfortunately what we do not know is that what were believing is such false beliefs. In the article "I know the truth", Jeffrey Kluger states that there is a proposed plan to build a mosque near the ground zero site, Two researchers from Ohio state university R Kelly Garrett and Erik Nisbet interviewed 750 people and only one person believed in the alleged rumor about the Islamic mosque. These two researchers came up with two conclusions which are "it is easy to manipulate people's belief systems with insinuating pictures or inflammatory qoutes" and "Even in the best of circumstances,fewer than a third of people were willing to reverse thier positions ,regardless of the contradictory evidence they were given. Although I agree with R Kelly Garrett and Erik Nisbet conclusions but, I think that humans believing in false beliefs have extreme consequences because personal information can leaks out that can hurt and end peoples careers and it also can make people make bad decisions.

 False beliefs can hurt and as well end peoples careers. Manipulating peoples beliefs systems with insinuating pictures or inflammatory quotes can make personal information to slip out which cause people to lose there homes, it can cause bad reputations for something that's not true. For example theirs cyber bullying anybody post evidence of another person online and it doesn't have to be true but to other people in there mind they think the post is true. In 2009 during President Obamas campaign there was an allegation out that Obama was not a U.S citizen and his birth certificate was a forgery. Reports stated that Barack Obama was originally born in Kenya and became an Indonesian citizen. There were documents shown on television that could have impacted his career.
 
Erik Nisbet and R Kelly Garret argues in one of their conclusions which states" Even in best circumstances, fewer than a third of people will reserve their positions regardless of the contradictory evidence they were given. Even though people will stick by their beliefs but also it makes people choose bad decisions. When humans makes these decisions it can cause people get into financial situations for example scandals. The Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme, a lot of other investors invested in Bernie Madoff over a period of time and come to find out that those investors got scammed. People could also end up in jail.
  
 Inconclusion Humans can be deceived easily by rumors and lies. R Kelly Garret and Erik Nisbit came up with conclusions why humans believe in false statement which is manipulating and people standing there ground on beliefs that are not true. I now understand that people will believe in things that they think is true even if its not and also people making false beliefs will never change. However in these situation there are always consequences, I believe that false beliefs can get people into bad situations and impact their lives.