psychology

Fair warning: probably TL;DR Came upon an interesting post from Arnold Kling: http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/correlation-without-causation/ Which is a quick synopsis of this (a really, really good post): https://quillette.com/2019/07/30/the-other-crisis-in-psychology/ Caused to me snip what...

Not that anyone doesn't already intuitively understand this. But a good reminder/refresher, I think. (Short read; easily less than 5 minutes.) http://www.arnoldkling.com/blog/systems-invite-gaming Two comments. First, "systems," in and of themselves, are not bad. But they can be created...

About 5 years ago GURPS posted an article that referenced this "effect." So it's been mentioned here on the forum (at least once). But it's worth revisiting for a number of reasons (not least of which is that it's interesting). Perhaps something to ponder, too (I try to remind myself of this...

http://www.dennyburk.com/amazon-bans-books-on-conversion-therapy/ This is an excellent essay about an issue greater than conversion therapy. So even if you've got no interest in this specific controversy it's still worth the read. (I've read Burk elsewhere and enjoy his take.) Here's the...

Scott Adams ("Dilbert" comic) has written a very interesting essay on the "Fine People" hoax. It's a case study in how - faced with overwhelming evidence pointing to the error of one's belief - many (most) will refuse to accept the facts and cling to the error. Because "cognitive dissonance."*...