false belief
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The study states that the false belief has led "to negative consequences, including misinformed risk‐taking by those encountering snakes, unwarranted fear among snakebite victims, and inappropriate care delivered by misinformed or patient/family‐pressured medical professionals."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 10, 2026
Pew’s reputation as a trustworthy social research institution has helped fuel the false belief that the “generations” definitions and labels are social facts and official statistics.
From Salon ● Dec. 19, 2025
“I start to absorb this false belief that they put together, and I’m accepting it as a truth,” Perez said years later in a deposition about what happened to his mental state during that interrogation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2024
“There’s some false belief that if the service doesn’t exist, the people won’t be there,” said Alison Eisinger, executive director of the Seattle King County Coalition on Homelessness.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 21, 2023
The final destruction of this false belief in matter will appear at the full revelation of Spirit,—one God, and the brotherhood of man.
From Miscellaneous Writings, 1883-1896 by Mary Baker Eddy
