Killer article, on (The Fall of Un)Scientific American. Includes this killer quote from @gmiller:
"“Scientists, science publishers, and science journalists simply haven’t learned how to say no to emotionally unhinged activists,” evolutionary psychologist Miller says. “They’re prone to emotional blackmail, and they tend to be very naive about the political goals of activists who claim that scientific finding X or Y will ‘impose harm’ on some group.”
https://t.co/YILqxCv34e
@KirkegaardEmil ..also, profs. (at least in psychology and biology) are taken from the top layer of post-grads. I suspect its at least still above 120. That said, being smart doesn't mean being a sensible person.
@JayMan471 It's better than nothing. And it does correlate with stuff, like cutting yourself, taking antidepressants, seeing a psychiatrist and suicide
But we CRUSH them in Diversity Studies.
"[How is Russia] able to keep pace during wartime and produce as many armaments as the U.S. ...
"23 percent of Russians in higher education study engineering, versus 7 percent in the U.S."
https://t.co/Vw7LXh6JbY
The Canadian Paediatric Society comes out in favor of risky play! As play researcher @mbrussoni says, play spaces should be as safe as necessary, not as safe as possible.
https://t.co/t3qisWWG57
When it comes to social media and its influence on young people’s mental health, “the evidence is overwhelming that there’s something going on that deserves attention,” says @zeynep. But in this audio essay, she says that brainwashing is not it.
Listen: https://t.co/P17u6Is5zc