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This post mentions widespread – crime, corruption & the use of disinfromation
Evidently, there are differences in people’s personalities & levels of intelligence. There are different types of intelligence. A biologist will understand more about human biology. A computer scientist will understand more about computers. If l was to state l was more intelligent than a baby, that wouldn’t cause denial in babies. On average, if l…
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The last of us (the ecologically maladapted species)
The last of us (the ecologically maladapted species) Behaviour is a broad term that relates to an individual’s or population’s psychology. Psychology is a broad term that relates to how the conscious and non-conscious aspects of the human mind regulate behaviours. A western culture has some differing behaviours from an eastern culture (The USA has…
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The psychology of the ‘backfire’ effect (attachment styles)
The ‘backfire’ effect is a psychological response which manifests as dogma. Dogma could be defined as beliefs (perceptions) & attitudes (opinions) that defy reason (evidence & logic). Therefore, the cause of the ‘backfire’ effect, the underlying psychology, is people believing in nonsense (e.g., superstitions, faiths, greenwash, etc). This nonsense could be due to a lack…
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The ‘Shocking’ rheotoric of some ‘Shock Jocks’ (Stand up comedians)
There are multiple forms of humour. For example, the ‘silly’ or ‘fun’ (innocent) humour that’s related to ‘giggling’. On the other end of the personality spectrum, there is ‘dark’ humour that’s used to misdirect an intentional insult as “it’s only a joke”. Humour is subjectively multidimensional (networked) and socially context specific. Therefore, any in general…
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The symbiosis of love.
People say the word “love” in varying social contexts. They may say they “love” food or doing some pleasurable activity or their shiny cars, etc. However, none of these expressions of “love” are true love. Love is a type of symbiotic relationship between one or more people. When a caring person perceives that the one,…
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What lies beneath? This above all: to thine own self be true (Psychology)
Think of a social situation in which you understand you could do a better job – because the people doing the job are not, comparably, competent. Their malpractice is generally due to ignorance and or corruption. An example of corruption would be an industry or government that uses psychological techniques to manipulate people. For example,…
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NAP Satire News S01E01
Welcome to the NAP Satire News Podcast. News About People – News about what people say, and don’t say – and what people do & don’t do. And News about what people say – when they don’t really mean what they say and don’t really do what they say they do. https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1sr4tp
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The unpleasent psychology of the darkside. (Age advisory rating 15+ or with adult supervision)
There are some truths (concepts), and some realities (perceptions), that can only be realized when people are ready to accommodate them. For instance, these words are information. If a person associates these words with something they already believe or understand that experience is cognitive consonance (i.e., Agreement; harmony; accord). Although, cognitive consonance doesn’t take much…
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A Self-evident realisation that you are just about right (if your sincere. i.e., not a wrongun).
This post contains sensitive information. Therefore, readers are advised not to read this post if they feel they are not wanting to read about concerning topics. For your information – I have noticed a few minor typo errors in this post (to be corrected). If you consider yourself a “perfectionist”, those errors make (hehe –…
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Bad beliefs – Why they happen to good people.
those who come to hold bad beliefs do so for roughlythe same sorts of reasons as those who come to hold good beliefs. It isn’tbecause they’re irrational and we’re not. It is largely because we defer toreliable sources of evidence and they defer to unreliable. Weblink to the free book – https://newbooksnetwork.com/bad-beliefs and the New…
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