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Why bold text can make lies seem believable

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Critical thinking is effortlessly defeated by aesthetic formatting. The Von Restorff effect and cognitive fluency suggest that if information is easy to read and visually prominent, the brain lazily assumes it must be true. You can effectively rewrite reality for most people just by using a heavy font weight.

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