Scientific American
People Who Jump to Conclusions Show Other Kinds of Thinking Errors
4 min · · Belief in conspiracy theories and overconfidence are two tendencies linked to hasty thinking · Shared by 202, including Lee Keyes, Carly, Dave Nussbaum, terheyden, Carla Gentry 🎶, Jennifer Ouellette
The New York Times
‘They See Us as the Enemy’: School Nurses Battle Covid-19, and Angry Parents
7 min · · School nurses, who were already stretched thin before the pandemic, say that they are overworked and overwhelmed. · Shared by 51, including Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Dr. Syra Madad, Carly, Virginia Hughes, Leah Klungness, Deborah Blum
The New York Times
‘They See Us as the Enemy’: School Nurses Battle Covid-19, and Angry Parents
· School nurses, who were already stretched thin before the pandemic, say that they are overworked and overwhelmed. · Shared by 6, including Carly
The Guardian
Cases are surging in Europe. America is in denial about what lies in store for it
4 min · · The US thinks it will be ‘immune’ to what is happening in Europe. That’s wishful thinking · Shared by 109, including Helen De Cruz, Eric Topol, David Wallace-Wells, J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்), Bob Wachter, Anna Jane Joyner, Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦, Neuropsychology, Carl Zimmer, @mainec@fromm.social, Shervin 🚀 ∞ 🚄
The Atlantic
What Collective Narcissism Does to Society
7 min · · In everyday settings, it can keep people from listening to one another. At its worst, it might fuel violence. · Shared by 203, including Helen Lewis, Pixel, Mark Little, Therapy for Black Girls, DP, Anne Applebaum, Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦, Carly, Felix M, Dr Jordan B Peterson, Arthur Brooks
nature
Scientists: don’t feed the doubt machine
3 min · · From climate to COVID, naivety about how science is hijacked promotes more of the same. · Shared by 54, including Cedric Paternotte, Thomas Pleil, Carly, Carl Zimmer, Dorothy Bishop
Neuroscience News
The Role of Personality in Sharing of Fake News
3 min · · Study reveals those who score low in the personality trait of conscientiousness are more likely to share misinformation or fake news. · Shared by 8, including Carly
The Independent
Student records teacher spouting QAnon conspiracies in classroom
2 min · · History teacher at Ventura school ranted about power of government · Shared by 9, including @grzewap@mastodon.social, Carly
Open Culture
Why–and When–Did the United States Turn Against Science?: Views from Neil DeGrasse, Bill Nye, Margaret Atwood & More
3 min · · When did Americans lose the ability to think and act rationally? Or did they ever, on the whole, have such ability? · Shared by 72, including Carly, Esther Schindler, Carla Gentry 🎶
nature
How conspiracists exploited COVID-19 science
2 min · · During the COVID-19 pandemic, conspiracy theorists have exploited the provisional nature of scientific consensus and the realities of how science is conducted to paint scientists and public health… · Shared by 51, including Holden Thorp, Science EIC, Timothy Caulfield, Carl Zimmer, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, Carly, Eric Topol
link.springer.com
The Dynamics of Argumentative Discourse
9 min · · Arguments have always played a central role within logic and philosophy. But little attention has been paid to arguments as a distinctive kind of discourse, with its own semantics and pragmatics. The… · Shared by 92, including justin caouette, Carly, Liam Bright, Anita Leirfall
Aeon+Psyche
Argue better by signalling your receptiveness with these words
8 min · · All too often disagreements spiral into conflict. Prevent that happening by signalling your receptiveness with these words · Shared by 442, including Esther Schindler, Carly, David Gates, Jason Silva, Mark Kaigwa
The Guardian
Cultivate curiosity, and really listen: how to persuade people whose politics you don’t agree with
9 min · · The left wants to achieve far-reaching structural change – the sort of political reframing that requires coalition building. Are polarizing words throwing them off course? · Shared by 242, including Dietrich Inocencio, Carly, Scott Galloway, Thomas Pleil, Jonathan Kogan
The Guardian
It’s shocking to see so many leftwingers lured to the far right by conspiracy theories
3 min · · It’s not just anti-vaxxers. The themes of resisting power and regaining control of our lives have been cynically repurposed, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot · Shared by 57, including @grzewap@mastodon.social, Massimo Pigliucci, David Frum, Dr. Cara Augustenborg, George Monbiot
The Verge
Facebook bans academics who researched ad transparency and misinformation on Facebook
3 min · · ‘Facebook is silencing us because our work often calls attention to problems on its platform’ · Shared by 80, including Thomas Pleil, Real Marsha Wright®, Mathew Ingram, Carly, Marsha Collier, pkashwan.bsky.social
The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand
We are all propagandists now
5 min · · America's public sphere is broken because propaganda has replaced political communication. How did we all become propagandists? · Shared by 38, including Jay Rosen, Jason Stanley, Carly