Will Blakey

stanford psyc PhD // former post-bacc at UNC // interested in morality & political polarization // Big fan of reading books & the outdoors

[Will Blakey @blakey_will]

New in Nature Human Behaviour🚨🚨🚨

Partisan animosity gets in the way of friendships, family life, and healthy democratic functioning. The big question now is "how do we fix this problem?"

We reviewed the literature of remedies to this problem, /1
https://t.co/I65GZLdkhB

[Will Blakey @blakey_will]

@CurtisPuryear this is sick - answering big questions

[Kurt Gray @kurtjgray]

🚨Book!🚨
"Outraged: Why We Fight about Morality and Politics" has an Amazon listing:
"A groundbreaking new perspective on the moral mind that rewrites our understanding of where moral judgments come from, and how we can overcome the feelings of outrage that so often divide us"

[John B. Holbein @JohnHolbein1]

How many people go to church weekly?

Surveys say it's about 1 in 5 Americans.

Cell phone tracker data say it's actually closer to 1 in 20 Americans.

Fascinating new working paper!

https://t.co/T7Hh4Ucj1w

[Kurt Gray @kurtjgray]

🚨Job🚨
Come join the Deepest Beliefs Lab!

We're hiring a full-time RA/outreach person. Perfect for a media-savvy graduating senior thinking about grad school. We have a great record of placing folks!

https://t.co/bU0MnrNXgp

[Will Blakey @blakey_will]

@danwilliamsphil Very pessimistic view of reason, no? re: your last substack

[Abdo Elnakouri @AbdoElnakouri]

In a new @CognitionJourn paper with @AlexHwin @psywisdom we find that inviting people to explain contentious political issues promotes open-minded thinking.

🧵: 1/

[Sam Pratt @sampratt99]

The Myopia of Heroism - new substack article on superheroes, the compulsion to save victims, and the moral psychology of collateral damage.

With @kurtjgray and @blakey_will

https://t.co/Jck6YETLdR

[Will Blakey @blakey_will]

We (@kurtjgray and @sampratt99) discuss how our moral minds fixate on certain victims, blinding us to the suffering of others, and how understanding this fact can help us reach a more informed perspective on the evolving situation in Israel and Gaza.

[Will Blakey @blakey_will]

How genuine compassion for some may be driving conflict and suffering in the Middle East
https://t.co/zCR6vWvC6Z

[Will Blakey @blakey_will]

@kurtjgray why do you do this

[Sam Pratt @sampratt99]

🚨 New study in Journal of Personality 🚨

We found that lonely people experience solitude more positively when they reframe it as a beneficial experience.

A thread 🧵
1/8

https://t.co/fcZ3ewQOkW

[Will Blakey @blakey_will]

Featuring a lot of research from @RachelXHartman's illustrious psychology career!

[Will Blakey @blakey_will]

Why the phrase "never attribute to malice that which can be attributed to stupidity" is actually bad for our politics - with @kurtjgray & @sampratt99
https://t.co/zeZVF31m1M

[Will Blakey @blakey_will]

Thanks to @kurtjgray and @NichDiMaggio for letting me chime in with them on their research!

[Will Blakey @blakey_will]

Liberals have "purity culture" too. We talk about a better way for liberals and conservatives to talk about their moral disgust in @aeonmag. Harm-based moral reframing! https://t.co/FB7C1Ybyvc

[Will Blakey @blakey_will]

@emily_kubin @CvSikorski @kurtjgray @SimonWoelfel Dr Emily!!! 🎉

[Will Blakey @blakey_will]

@kait1016 @espn @BrienRea @Razor5Hole ruthless

[Will Blakey @blakey_will]

@d_f_stone Very excited for this!! Will there be a kindle version?

[Will Blakey @blakey_will]

@michelleshipkov @NSF @ka_lindquist go michelle!!!!

[Will Blakey @blakey_will]

@SelterMosby my alma mater :(