Decrease Incentives for Publishing Disinformation

Unfortunately, critical thinking is only one side of the coin. The other side of the coin looks at the character, motives, ethics, politics, incentives, disincentives and so on, of those who purposely publish and disseminate disinformation.

Some people are very interested in learning how to think critically about the information they receive and how they incorporate it into their world view. Others, for a number of reasons, are not and are extremely resistant to changing their preconceptions. It is for this group, perhaps 30-40% or higher of our society, that we must find ways of greatly increasing the disincentives for spreading disinformation, but doing so without impinging on the right of free speech.