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@Penn scientist studying primals. Short video explaining primals for non-nerds: https://t.co/ky9AltaI4A husband, father
Jun 8, 2023 9 tweets 4 min read
New @Nature study of 12 million people finds that seeing the world as in decline is widespread and false.

doi.org/10.1038/s41586…

Paraphrased conclusion:

"Participants in every decade and nation studied believed that morality has declined...

🧵 ...and the decline began around the time they were born, regardless of when that was, and the decline continues to this day. They believed the decline was a result of individuals becoming less moral and replacement of more moral people by less moral people...
Sep 1, 2022 15 tweets 4 min read
Decades of research shows conservatives (compared to liberals) see the world as a more dangerous place, which is thought to increase conservative views on immigration, military, etc.

We were wrong. Big SPPS article w/ @NicholasTKerry1 out today doi.org/10.1177/194855…

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Most previous research relied on one scale. It was created before researchers discovered (in 2019) that dangerous world belief has seven dimensions. The first of our four big findings is that we replicated pre-registered results showing the old scale happens to...