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Agnotology (the study of deliberate, culturally induced ignorance or doubt) (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 13 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Reminds me of the 'breakfast is the most important meal of the day' thing. Everyone used to believe it, whenever someone said that nobody disagreed, me included

[–] Yuyarl@sh.itjust.works -1 points 3 weeks ago

Used to? https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28701389/

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