Why Do We See So Many Things as ‘Us vs. Them’?
We are wired at birth to favor our own group over others. But science might be able to help us move past what divides us.
National Geographic
Topics: Bias Cooperation Group Conflict Tribalism
Can Children Save Us From the Fake News Epidemic?
Child development research may hold the answer to our brutally partisan deadlock.
THINK, NBC News
Topics: Bias Knowledge Learning Trust
Belief in Our Moral Superiority Is the Most Irrational Self-Enhancing Bias of All
Moral superiority appears to be “a uniquely strong and prevalent form of positive illusion,” Ben Tappin and Ryan McKay write.
British Psychological Society Research Digest
Topics: Bias Morality Rationality
Humans Are Bad at Predicting Futures That Don’t Benefit Them
Unrealistic optimism makes people think bad things are less likely to happen to them than to others, and it hampers their decision-making.
The Atlantic
Topics: Bias Decision-Making Optimism
Science Says Making Better Decisions Starts With This One Fundamental Thing
New research shows wisdom isn't about knowledge. It's about what kind of person you are.
Inc.
Topics: Bias Decision-Making Intellectual Humility Values Wisdom
How Many Atheists Are There?
Three percent of Americans. Or maybe that’s 11 percent. This 11 percent figure may be even way too low. Simply because that figure comes from telephone polls, where people have to tell a stranger they don’t believe in God. And lots of people might not want to do that.
Will Gervais’ Blog
Topics: Atheism Bias Demography Will Gervais
Why We Contradict Ourselves and Confound Each Other
With his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman emerged as one of the most intriguing voices on the complexity of human thought and behavior.
On Being
Topics: Belief Bias Cognition Decision-Making Krista Tippett Rationality
The Neuroscience of Why People Won’t Budge on Their Beliefs
If you want someone to see an issue rationally, you just show them the facts, right? No one can refute a fact. Well, brain imaging and psychological studies are showing that, society wide, we may be on the wrong path by holding evidence up as an Ace card.
Big Think
Topics: Belief Bias
We Ignore What Doesn’t Fit With Our Biases — Even If It Costs Us
We tend to pay more attention to information that confirms our own beliefs and biases, and we are prepared to lose money to stick to our guns.
New Scientist
Topics: Bias Decision-Making Learning
Can You Be Good Without God?
New research raises questions about whether or not people can be truly good or truly bad without a belief in religion.
Daily Beast
Topics: Atheism Bias Morality Will Gervais
Why Are People Still Racist? What Science Says About America’s Race Problem
Two psychologists explore the roots of racism.
Speaking of Science, The Washington Post
Topics: Bias Group Conflict Violence
The Serial Killer Test: Biases Against Atheists Emerge in Study
Most people around the world, whether religious or not, presume that serial killers are more likely to be atheists than believers in any god, a new study suggests.
The New York Times
Cognitive Bias
Ken Taylor and Debra Satz welcome Brian Nosek, co-founder and Executive Director of the Center for Open Science.
Philosophy Talk
Topics: Bias Intellectual Humility
Being Optimistic Is Good. Knowing about Optimism Bias Is Better.
People constantly underestimate the likelihood of something bad happening to them and overestimate the chances of positive events.
Topics: Bias Hope Optimism
The Psychology Behind Fake News
Although the term “fake news” reflects our troubled political moment, the phenomenon is nothing new, and neither is the psychology that explains its persistence.
Kellogg Insight
Topics: Adam Waytz Bias Tribalism
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