gul·li·bil·i·ty | ˌɡələˈbɪlədi |
noun
a tendency to be easily persuaded that something is real or true; credulity
Only the gullible trust … and only a fool accepts another’s trust. – Richard
Gullibility
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Wiliness of the wild
In modern cultures, the following authors have led their audience into consciously enhancing their genetically inherited wiliness-of-the-wild so as to either take advantage of the gullible others and/or improve their lot in life:
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Naiveté
To be naïve is to be virginal, unaffected, unselfconsciously artless … in short: ingenuous. Naiveté is a much-maligned word, having the common assumption that it implies gullibility. Nevertheless, to be naïve means to be simple and unsophisticated. – http://actualfreedom.com.au/library/topics/naivete.htm
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“Misinformation”
“We found that participants who report being more worried about misinformation are more willing to like and share alarmist narratives on misinformation.” –via People believe misinformation is a threat because they assume others are gullible https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/14614448231153379