Tag: science
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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 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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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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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…
The Empirical Perspective 