According to Paul Krugman:
Zombie Lies 'remain part of what [every naive or
politicized observer] knows to be true no matter how many times they
have been shown to be false. Kill them, and they just keep shambling
along'.
Cockroach Ideas are 'ideas that you try to flush away, but
keep coming back. (Are cockroach ideas the same as zombie ideas? Not
quite, I would say; I think of cockroach ideas as misconceptions held
because the people holding them are just unaware of basic facts, while
zombie ideas are held by people who refuse to acknowledge contrary
evidence)'.
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