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Credulity is a person's willingness or ability to believe that a statement is true, especially on minimal or uncertain evidence. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Credulity is not necessarily a belief in something that may be false: the subject of the belief may even be correct, but a credulous person will believe it without good evidence.
Wikipedia's credibility has improved during its lifetime. Wikipedia allows anyone to edit its contents and this can undermine its credibility. An illustrious professor could post content and a "troll" or uninformed individual could easily overwrite it, with or without a malicious agenda.
Download QR code; In other projects Appearance. move to sidebar hide ... Credulity, Superstition, and Fanaticism, print, William Hogarth (MET, 91.1.117)
The print includes visual references to more than a dozen reputed instances of witchcraft or possession in England. [8] [9] The three figures decorating the pulpit each hold a candle, and allude to the ghost seen by Sir George Villiers (whose name appears in a book held by the figure on the right), the ghost of the stabbed Julius Caesar appearing before Brutus, and the ghost of Mrs Veale ...
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It is closely related to credulity, which is the tendency to believe unlikely propositions that are unsupported by evidence. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Classes of people especially vulnerable to exploitation due to gullibility include children , the elderly , and the developmentally disabled .