> But here's the really interesting part: even when you show these people the evidence that Wordle isn't actually harder, some of them don't believe it. Why? Because it doesn't feel true. Their feelings about Wordle are so strong that even factual evidence can't overcome them.<p>Seemingly didn't actually go and show people though? (semi) Confirmation bias about confirmation bias?
To be clear, the NYT <i>did</i> ruin Wordle, just not in the ways most people are saying. They added a bunch of tracking to it, and they redid the word list to censor anything even remotely politically incorrect.