CategoryPsychology
Why Humans Aren’t That Biased, and Machines Aren’t That Smart
Claims about the cognitive biases that supposedly overwhelm our judgment should be taken with a helping of salt
Cognitive Psychology and AI: Exploring Their Intersection
Cognitive psychology can be contrasted with behaviorism because it investigates the black box of mental processes
Philosopher Asks, Why the Toxic War on Masculinity?
Prominent evangelical philosopher Nancy Pearcey is teaching a course on the roots of the “hate men” movement today. Here’s an excerpt from the controversial book it's based on
Haidt: Beauty and Awe Help Us Escape the Phone-Based Life
The question is: why are we drawn to beauty?
Are Beliefs in Space Aliens Really Spiraling Out of Control?
A British philosophy prof sees such views as a “widespread societal problem,” comparing them to the J6 riot
Polling Season: Time To Be Manipulated!
The fact that polls can be analyzed numerically is one of their limitations for prediction
Why Are Robots Built To Look Like Humans?
It’s not because that’s the most efficient way to design them for high tech work
Google Decision Challenges Trillion-Dollar Internet Gatekeeper
How one company cornered the market for the human mind
The Dark Art of Online “Nudging”: How to Protect Yourself
Organizations of all kinds use psychological tricks to move our minds as we browse — but a handy acronym helps detect them
Social Media Cutting Into Your Sanity? Try the Great Unplug
Video producer Adam Nieri looks at the pros and cons of a post-AI world and recommends structured timeouts to regain perspective
Why AI Will Not and Cannot Think Our Thoughts
How can a robot ever have a spiritual vision of reality? How can it even be emotional?
The Cancel Culture Mob Comes for the Psychologists
The response “It’s complicated,” chosen by nearly half of psychology profs, is a roundabout confession of cowardice in the face of mobs threatened by findings they hope to stifle
Does Time Exist? That’s Not As Clear As We Might Think
We picture a clock when we think of time but, physicists note, that’s not how we experience it as living beings
Is Psychology Heading for Another Big Replication Crisis?
The use of Amazon’s MTurk in survey research risks a second scandal in which findings are low quality and can’t be replicated, critics warn
Is the New Natural-Sounding Chatbot GPT4.o Breaking a Barrier?
It depends on what barrier you mean, says philosopher of technology Shannon Vallor. It could harm vulnerable people by convincing them that it is a person
Robocop 2014: A Good Movie Hampered by Bad Timing
The 2014 remake of RoboCop is considered a failure by most. I disagree. It has its problems but it is pretty solid in many respects
Is AI the Triumph of Left-Brained Thinking? What Follows?
Psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist argues that it is and asks us to consider what its cultural lean toward the “left brain” is doing to us
So Who Are Today’s Disinformation Police?
Social scientists are striving to develop ways to blunt the force of information that governments would rather the public did not know or heed