social reasoning

Relying on information from other people (social testimony) is essential for efficiently learning and reasoning about the world. However, determining who to trust is often challenging. In this paper, we argue that trust in social agents (i.e., those …

Despite growing concerns about the effect of social media engagement on people’s beliefs and behavior, estimating the actual impact is difficult. Here we present preliminary results from our own isolated social media platform named Magpie Social. In …