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Why do older adults engage more with misinformation online, even when they often identify falsehoods correctly in surveys? Benjamin Lyons investigates this paradox using a host of survey experiments and behavioral trace data. Analyses across multiple nationally representative samples show that...

Two thousand years ago, a ship sailed east, alone on an endless sea. The people onboard were fleeing the same war that the Maccabees fought in the ancient land of Israel. They took with them their faith and their traditions, knowing they would sail for more than a year. When a great storm crushed their boat on the shores of India, only a few survived. Some say the prophet Elijah plucked them from the sea. But they were welcomed by the people of the new land. They survived and adapted, with new spices for their food and new clothing and culture to borrow, but never strayed from their faith.