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Chimp with alopecia reveals a truth usually concealed in fur: Chimps. Are. Ripped. ift.tt/2HEzCZp Image
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"Compared to our cousins the chimps, even the strongest of strong men are giant weaklings – the least weak of a weak bunch." From my book The Ape That Understood the Universe. amazon.com/Ape-that-Under… ImageImage
"The longer we live with technology, the more dependent on it we'll inevitably become – not just habitually but biologically as well." #TheApeThatUnderstoodTheUniverse amazon.com/Ape-that-Under… ImageImage

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Jan 26
One of the most fascinating papers I've read for a long time: People dislike their political opponents for views that most don't actually hold. [Preprint; N = 4,993; 1/5.] psyarxiv.com/cr23g/ Image
"(Over)estimation of political opponents' agreement with extreme issues predicted cross-partisan dislike, which in turn predicted unwillingness to engage with opponents, foreclosing opportunities to correct misperceptions." psyarxiv.com/cr23g/ [2/5] Image
"Partisans also reported greater unwillingness to publicly voice their views on their side's extreme (relative to moderate) issues, a self-silencing which may perpetuate misconceptions." psyarxiv.com/cr23g/ [3/5] Image
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May 2, 2022
One of the most fascinating papers I've read for a long time: People dislike their political opponents for views that most don't actually hold. [Preprint; N = 4,993.] psyarxiv.com/cr23g/ Image
"(Over)estimation of political opponents' agreement with extreme issues predicted cross-partisan dislike, which in turn predicted unwillingness to engage with opponents, foreclosing opportunities to correct misperceptions." psyarxiv.com/cr23g/ [2/5] Image
"Partisans also reported greater unwillingness to publicly voice their views on their side's extreme (relative to moderate) issues, a self-silencing which may perpetuate misconceptions." psyarxiv.com/cr23g/ [3/5] Image
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Dec 27, 2021
Reversals in Psychology: A list of famous psychological findings that are now in doubt. Includes the Stanford prison experiment, implicit bias, Pygmalion effect, stereotype threat, power posing, multiple intelligences, brain training, learning styles, etc. gleech.org/psych Image
Working Link: gleech.org/psych
"The Stanford Prison Experiment... has been criticized on many grounds, and yet a majority of textbook authors have ignored these criticisms, thereby misleading both students and the general public about the study’s questionable scientific validity."
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Nov 30, 2021
Misguided Criticisms of Evolutionary Psychology #1: Evolutionary psychology aims to justify traditional gender roles, societal inequalities, etc. From #TheApeThatUnderstoodTheUniverse amazon.com/Ape-that-Under…
Misguided Criticisms of Evolutionary Psychology #2: Evolutionary psychology provides an excuse for bad behavior – in particular, for the kinds of bad behavior that men specialize in. From #TheApeThatUnderstoodTheUniverse amazon.com/Ape-that-Under…
Misguided Criticisms of Evolutionary Psychology #3: Evolutionary psychology implies that certain undesirable phenomena – old-fashioned sex roles, xenophobia, war and aggression – are ultimately ineradicable. From #TheApeThatUnderstoodTheUniverse amazon.com/Ape-that-Under…
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Nov 9, 2021
"Look again at that dot. That's here. That's home. That's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives... on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam."

–Carl Sagan (born OTD in 1934)
"The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot."

–Carl Sagan (born OTD in 1934)
"It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience."

–Carl Sagan
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Oct 8, 2021
Humans of Twitter, today is #WorldOctopusDay. That can mean only one thing. It’s time for an octopus thread…
Octopus, it’s fair to say, are very weird creatures.
Some even argue that...
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