Here’s an odd paragraph from new scientific research:

Results confirm that conservatives have lower sensitivity than liberals, performing worse at distinguishing truths and falsehoods. This is partially explained by the fact that the most widely shared falsehoods tend to promote conservative positions, while corresponding truths typically favor liberals.

Way back in 2008 I wrote here about this exact problem, perhaps as a kind of foreshadowing?

The people calling themselves conservatives seem to have an amazing “hubris”. They not only stick to their guns in the face of science or even just details (like Lehman’s CEO who refused to believe his company was in trouble) but they actually become more convinced they are in the right when evidence starts to challenge them.

Prove to them the world is round and they might just try to burn you at the stake for discrediting their flatland leader.

Update October 2021: “Content Moderation Experiences for Conservative, Transgender, and Black Social Media Users”

For trans and Black social media users, content removals limit their ability to post content related to their marginalized identities, and thus to participate in the public sphere. For conservative participants, on the other hand, content removals often demonstrate enforcement of site policies intended to remove harmful and inaccurate content.