Anne Salminen

Science ❤️‍🔥 | Art ❤️‍🔥 | Interdisciplinarity ❤️‍🔥 | Kindness ❤️‍🔥

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

People who are hostile online are also hostile offline and these people score higher in status-seeking motivations.

This pattern was observed in all 30 countries across six continents (N = 15,202). It suggests that online hostility is a form of status seeking. Keep this in mind the next time someone is trolling you online before you engage with them.

Further, people in less democratic and less economically equal countries experience more hostility online. https://t.co/1msdHBhcHM

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

Is polarization harmful? The answer is a clear Yes.

A new study provides causal evidence from 9 countries where they experimentally manipulated intergroup polarization.

When polarization decreases, people become less willing to discriminate against political opponents, while support for democratic principles increases and willingness to engage in political compromise grows.

"We find a clear causal relationship. Polarization actually leads to greater political intolerance and weaker support for democratic norms. We establish that polarization indeed contributes to these attitudes, and we can conclude that too much polarization is dangerous," Berntzen says.

https://t.co/WSgRH9VO2A

[Seán Ono Lennon @seanonolennon]

Nothing is so sublime as a cat.

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

There are hidden costs of cooperation

Actions that support cooperation, such as indirect fitness, direct and indirect reciprocity, partner choice, or punishment, can also perpetuate social division

Group cooperation enforces sharp group boundaries and paves the way for intergroup conflict, while ambiguity and free-rider narratives can lead to intragroup polarization and identity-based conflicts.

Cooperation may no longer be much of a puzzle. The puzzle is how to foster sustainable, inclusive cooperation that leverages the unique capabilities of humanity without creating losers and laying the foundation for inequality, polarization, conflict, and environmental destruction. https://t.co/mQuddWcac9

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

The more active users are on social media, the more polarized they are!

The opinions of the these extreme users are filling your newsfeed, but they are not representative of most citizens or even most social media users--which are far less polarized!
https://t.co/x0WBfbKZlZ

This creates false perceptions of social norms and stereotypes https://t.co/mvLZWozQVv

[Wholesome Side of 𝕏 @itsme_urstruly]

One of my favorite human traits is when someone sees the moon and immediately feels the need to tell someone else to go look at it.

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

A new paper in Science reports that a language-trained bonobo named Kanzi (now deceased) was capable of pretend play, making him the first nonhuman animal to demonstrate this capacity.

[Link below.]

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

How can so many people watch the same event yet “see” so many different realities?

I was on @davidmcraney's podcast to explain why people from different groups generate different interpretations of reality. If there is video evidence, we assume people will come to the same conclusion. But extensive research finds that people often come to difference conclusions, starting with this classic paper from 1954.

Listen here: https://t.co/OFXX7pmtR1

Read the paper here: https://t.co/f5aGOWfX8i

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

Amazing! Octopuses fall for the rubber hand illusion, a psychological effect previously only documented in humans and a few other mammals. The finding hints at deeper similarities between our minds and theirs, despite half a billion years of separate evolution.

[Link below.]

[BPS Research Digest @ResearchDigest]

New research suggests civil conversations often have more impact than we anticipate: https://t.co/jcULekZmOi

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

People who have more complex social identities view political identity as a less reliable source of information about others. Therefore they rely less on group-based stereotypes when judging outgroup members.

They are less likely to judge outgroup members more harshly than ingroup member. Instead, they treat all transgressors equally because they see people as individuals: https://t.co/3FbJb5m3h1

[BPS Research Digest @ResearchDigest]

How early can we tell if someone (or something) is behaving in a prosocial way? A new study suggests that we may have the ability from birth: https://t.co/FPXgnmW8xf

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

Six fundamental beliefs that bias our view of the world

1. My experience is a reasonable reference
2. I make correct assessments
3. I am good
4. My group is a reasonable reference
5. My group is good
6. People's attributes (not context) shape outcomes

https://t.co/uZTVbGnH3d

[Steve Stewart-Williams @SteveStuWill]

Warning: Political Ideology May Impair Your Ability to Reason

“If you’re not careful, ideology won’t just shape your opinions; it’ll hijack your ability to reason altogether.”

[Link below.]

[Anne Salminen @annekatas]

@Faktantarkast10 @iltalehti_fi @JoeBiden Munauutinen puolestaan ei käsittele yksittäisten kauppaketjujen hintoja eikä munien hintakehitystä eri hallintojen aikana. Se käsittelee Trumpin viimeöistä puhetta. Jos NYT:n uutisessa on jokin virhe, kannattaa olla sinne yhteydessä.

Iloista vappua Sinulle ja kaikille X:ssä!🌷

[Anne Salminen @annekatas]

@Faktantarkast10 @iltalehti_fi @JoeBiden Muurahaisuutisessa oli valitettava ja typerä virhe. Se on oikaistu artikkeliin maininnan kera. Kiitos Sinulle, että huomautit siitä. Nopein tapa saada huomautusviesti perille kulkee toimituksen yhteisen sähköpostin kautta, mutta yritän tietenkin huomata myös X-viestit. 2/

[Anne Salminen @annekatas]

@Earl_of_Shadows @broski_lil2 @ER_Korhola 😄 Jopas tulee terävää tekstiä! Tässä lainaus Kennedyltä itseltään vuodelta 2021:

[Anne Salminen @annekatas]

@Earl_of_Shadows @broski_lil2 @ER_Korhola En valitettavasti voi nyt lupautua täällä pitkiin keskusteluihin, mutta toivotan aurinkoa ja iloa jokaisen päivään! 😊

[Anne Salminen @annekatas]

@Earl_of_Shadows @broski_lil2 @ER_Korhola Kennedy sanoi jo demokraattien pres.ehdokkaaksi pyrkiessään, ettei hän vastusta rokotteita. Poliitikoista olisi varmasti mukavaa, jos he voisivat itse päättää, miten media nostaa heitä esiin. Mutta niin vain toimittajat toimittelevat, kuten sanotaan: https://t.co/aFbXYZrnez