Information and advice about better sleep comes from more individuals and sources than can be counted. In our current era of "fake news," it can be difficult to determine is the sleep advice or science behind what you are seeing or reading is legitimate. In this episode we will:Differentiate between misinformation, disinformation, and bullshitLook at examples of each and work towards understanding their motivations and how they can be spotted and correctedExplore the consequences of the spread of bad/harmful information, and how current media factors can accelerate the dissemination of false informationList the characteristics of information that spreads quicklyApply epidemiological tools to social media and the spread of bad informationEvaluate the factors that lend themselves to the spread of bad medical informationConsider how intuition and deliberation affect our ability for comprehensive reasoning and detection of bad informationReview remedies to help improve the situation and reduce the spread of incorrect medical informationProduced by: Maeve WinterMore Twitter: @drchriswinter IG: @drchriwinter Threads: @drchriswinter Bluesky: @drchriswinter The Sleep Solution and The Rested Child Thanks for listening and sleep well!

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