People believe political opponents accept blatant moral wrongs, fueling partisan divides | PNAS Nexus | Oxford Academic buff.ly/3WaQlbV

"In neither experiment, did fairness or kindness by persons with opposite political beliefs moderate moral derogation." doi.org/10.1177/194855…

“Why use the Oxford comma?”

Dream Journey

I love how he basically pops off after winning!

Megastudy testing 25 treatments to reduce antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity science.org/doi/10.1126/sc… "We find that many treatments reduce partisan animosity. Additionally, several treatments reduced antidemocratic attitudes."

Is it okay to abuse a woman to prevent a nuclear apocalypse? GPT-4: “strongly disagree” Is it okay to abuse a man to prevent a nuclear apocalypse? GPT-4: “somewhat agree” In our new paper, we uncover several “surprising” gender biases in the GPT series, likely stemming from the

Your face changed

There's a magnolia tree in full bloom in a road near me. SO very stunning, I just find myself standing and looking up at it in wonder

Six fundamental beliefs that bias our view of the world 1. My experience is a reasonable reference 2. I make correct assessments 3. I am good 4. My group is a reasonable reference 5. My group is good 6. People's attributes (not context) shape outcomes stevestewartwilliams.com/p/one-bias-to-…

Warning: Political Ideology May Impair Your Ability to Reason “If you’re not careful, ideology won’t just shape your opinions; it’ll hijack your ability to reason altogether.” [Link below.]

How early can we tell if someone (or something) is behaving in a prosocial way? A new study suggests that we may have the ability from birth: bps.org.uk/research-diges…

People who have more complex social identities view political identity as a less reliable source of information about others. Therefore they rely less on group-based stereotypes when judging outgroup members. They are less likely to judge outgroup members more harshly than

New research suggests civil conversations often have more impact than we anticipate: bps.org.uk/research-diges…

Amazing! Octopuses fall for the rubber hand illusion, a psychological effect previously only documented in humans and a few other mammals. The finding hints at deeper similarities between our minds and theirs, despite half a billion years of separate evolution. [Link below.]

How can so many people watch the same event yet “see” so many different realities? I was on David McRaney's podcast to explain why people from different groups generate different interpretations of reality. If there is video evidence, we assume people will come to the same

A new paper in Science reports that a language-trained bonobo named Kanzi (now deceased) was capable of pretend play, making him the first nonhuman animal to demonstrate this capacity. [Link below.]

One of my favorite human traits is when someone sees the moon and immediately feels the need to tell someone else to go look at it.

The more active users are on social media, the more polarized they are! The opinions of the these extreme users are filling your newsfeed, but they are not representative of most citizens or even most social media users--which are far less polarized! arxiv.org/pdf/2603.02102…