Tag: social psychology

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Author
Denyse O’Leary

Date
March 21, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Psychology
Sociology
Tagged
, anxiety, Augustine Brannigan, college students, crying, emotional depression, experimental design, Office of Naval Research, penologists, persistent scientific errors, Philip G. Zimbardo, prison breaks, prisoner abuse, prisoners, psychologists, public policy, rage, Retraction Crisis, Retraction Watch, San Quentin State Prison, self-correcting, social psychology, Stanford Prison Experiment, Stanford University, study design, Thibault Le Texier, University of Calgary}

Retract the Stanford Prison Experiment?

_{Denyse O’Leary
March 21, 2025

Bioethics, Psychology, Sociology

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Beware of wildly popular sociology that tells us that our public policy preferences are somehow embedded in human nature. Life was never as simple as that. Read More ›

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Author
Peter Biles

Date
September 12, 2024

Categories
Evolution
Neuroscience & Mind
Science Education
Tagged
, atheism, beauty, Central Park, E.O. Wilson, evolution, Jonathan Haidt, religion, schools, social psychology, transcendence}

Why Are We Drawn to Beauty?

_{Peter Biles
September 12, 2024

Evolution, Neuroscience & Mind, Science Education

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While I love Haidt’s emphasis and regard for the beautiful, I question the power of his argument about beauty as a remnant of our collective survival instinct. Read More ›

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Date
October 23, 2022

Categories
Physical Sciences
Physics
Science
Tagged
, A Philosopher Looks at Science, Cambridge University Press, general relativity, metric tensor, Nancy Cartwright, pop psychology, Protestant Reformation, social psychology, Texas, University of Durham}

Can Physics Account for Our Whole Reality?

_{Science and Culture
October 23, 2022

Physical Sciences, Physics, Science

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Mathematician turned philosopher Nancy Cartwright says no; reality is ultimately too complex for that. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
July 5, 2019

Categories
Cosmology
Neuroscience & Mind
Physical Sciences
Physics
Tagged
, __edited, atheism, Bill Nye, brain, cosmic fine-tuning, hallucination, illusion, intelligent design, Lawrence Krauss, Michael Egnor, mind, Mind Matters, neuroscience, popcorn, reality, science, Science Uprising, self-hatred, social psychology, Steven Novella, Yale University}

What Explains the “I Suck” Principle?

_{David Klinghoffer
July 5, 2019

Cosmology, Neuroscience & Mind, Physical Sciences, Physics

5}

Writing at Mind Matters, Michael Egnor dissects another illustration of the “I Suck” impulse at work. It’s from his fellow neuroscientist Steven Novella. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
April 12, 2016

Categories
Scientific Freedom
Sociology
Tagged
, __tedited, academic institutions, bullying, college campuses, creator, cultural appropriation, Eric Metaxas, falsehood, hoax, hysteria, media, objectivity, peer review, peer-reviewed journals, PLOS ONE, Racism, scientism, sex, social psychology, speech codes, viewpoint diversity}

An Unnoticed Parallel in Academic Speech Codes

_{David Klinghoffer
April 12, 2016

Scientific Freedom, Sociology

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In a BreakPoint commentary kindly citing Stephen Meyer and myself, Eric Metaxas reflects on the recent #Creatorgate story. Read More ›