Clever Hans

Scourge of misconceptions & hypocrisy; Champion of science & critical thinking; Teacher of Psychology

[Clever Hans @RealCleverHans]

A Democratic legislator was assassinated; right-wing influencers coughed out disinformation https://t.co/20Yoi2gqYE via @@YahooNews

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

I was on PBS @NewsHour to explain how social media is not an accurate reflection of society, but a funhouse mirror distorted by a small but vocal minority of extreme outliers.

However, unfollowing these extreme influencers has lots of positive effects:
https://t.co/jDW314Qihn

[Debunk the Funk @Debunk_the_Funk]

I cannot stress enough how full of lies RFK Jr. and the MAHA movement is. America faces real challenges with health, but bringing back infectious diseases and denying what science has already established will make us go backwards. No matter who you plan on voting for, inform yourself of this first.
@joerogan especially needs to wake up and stop letting people who spread these lies take advantage of his platform.

[The Society for Psychical Research @SPR1882]

Does Ghost-Hunting Gear Work? We Tested Some in a Haunted Place to Find Out: https://t.co/BQPnU3GmN1

[Tessa Stuart @tessastuart]

I don't think I've ever cried so much working on a story.

Here is Deborah Dorbert, who was forced by @RonDeSantis to give birth to a baby she knew would die, in her own words:

https://t.co/XIIVEO3o37

[Clever Hans @RealCleverHans]

Can you spot the celebrity 'deepfakes' in a new ad warning against election disinfo? https://t.co/CmKEkYFnWQ via @nbcnews

[Ryan Struyk @ryanstruyk]

Must-read @b_fung this morning:

How Republicans pushed social media companies to stop fighting election misinformation
https://t.co/enjTTz2QqZ

[Prof. Christina Pagel - @chrischirp.bsky.social @chrischirp]

Important 🧵on our new peer-reviewed paper:

The pandemic is as bad as it ever was for babies - in year to Aug 2023, 6,300 babies under 1 were admitted to hospital wholly or partly BECAUSE of Covid.

They are ONLY age group where admissions have NOT gone down over time 1/17

[Clever Hans @RealCleverHans]

How Russian disinformation is reaching the U.S. ahead of the 2024 election https://t.co/E447gANpB6 via @nbcnews

[Clever Hans @RealCleverHans]

At-home experiments shed light on cats’ liquid behavior https://t.co/egLga1JrTN

[Clever Hans @RealCleverHans]

The science behind why people think they're right when they're so, so wrong https://t.co/tltASpVcQ7 via @nbcnews

[Clever Hans @RealCleverHans]

Police seldom disclose use of facial recognition despite false arrests https://t.co/GhVU6eWIhF

[Clever Hans @RealCleverHans]

GPT-fabricated scientific papers on Google Scholar: Key features, spread, and implications for preempting evidence manipulation https://t.co/eRRt0HGims

[Clever Hans @RealCleverHans]

When her mother went missing, an Illinois woman ventured into the dark corners of America's romance scam epidemic https://t.co/BWUkwDH8ca via @CBSNews

[Clever Hans @RealCleverHans]

AI makes racist decisions based on dialect | Science | AAAS https://t.co/WbpYpDRJUy

[Clever Hans @RealCleverHans]

Severe COVID Linked to Mental Illness in Weeks, Months After Infection https://t.co/7Icvf4gCGV

[Clever Hans @RealCleverHans]

Misleading labeling in baby foods: https://t.co/E6Hx0PAYxv

[Clever Hans @RealCleverHans]

Confirmation bias: Alaska troopers brutally beat man in mistaken arrest, prosecutors say https://t.co/LZ5LW6Zy0m

[Clever Hans @RealCleverHans]

Busing of workers to Albertville poultry plant to end after ‘baseless accusations and hurtful rhetoric’ https://t.co/exnTWuQSlD

[Clever Hans @RealCleverHans]

Good article that covers the memory wars of the '90's: Woman recalls alleged sexual abuse at age 3 in Michigan church, lawsuit says https://t.co/5TEzBJPL4O via @nbcnews