Knowledge Resistance

Knowledge Resistance is a multidisciplinary research program, aiming to find out why people fail to accept available knowledge.

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Why are some beliefs so maddeningly resistant to evidence – Åsa Wikforss in the podcast ‘In Reality’ about Knowledge Resistance
https://t.co/FdEYSrYNIZ

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Åsa Wikforss as organizer of the Conference: Thought and Truth under Pressure, at the Swedish Academy 22 March.
A conference on current threats to public discourse, freedom of speech, and democracy.
https://t.co/cawQzqGiOv

https://t.co/WvDLLeqxzY

[Prof Lisa Bortolotti @lisabortolotti]

Read my report on the amazing @knowresist conference I attended this summer, feat. @kevin_dorst @LeorZmigrod @aaroe_lene @ekvraga @j_a_tucker @cfchabris and many more!

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Thanks to invitees @lisabortolotti @kevin_dorst @LeorZmigrod, Leaf Van Boven, @aaroe_lene, @j_a_tucker, @ProfHindman, @ekvraga for your conference contributions on topics like rationality, polarisation, evidence, and conspiracy theories. https://t.co/vJE7YnxvYY

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Swedish: Den 14 januari finns en chans att fördjupa sitt tänkande om de mest grundläggande frågorna i logiken: Varför kan ett påstående inte vara sant och falskt samtidigt? Vad innebär det att en slutsats “följer” ur en premiss? https://t.co/CsYOhDUJav

[PERITIA - Policy, Expertise and Trust @PERITIAnews]

#Trust in scientists on the rise worldwide according to @wellcometrust Global Monitor for 2020. Similar results in the German #wissenschaftsbarometer @wissimdialog
How does that fit to claim that trust is declining in a so called post-truth era?
https://t.co/j2glgDDptO

[Center for Conflict & Cooperation @ NYU @CCC_NYU]

Our latest paper examines the important role that social identity plays, both in terms of a barrier and a potential solution, in aid of promoting climate change mitigation. https://t.co/OSNhNTdaKn

via @kim_doell @philipparnamets @elizab3thharris @leorhackel & @jayvanbavel

[PERITIA - Policy, Expertise and Trust @PERITIAnews]

Can science be a value-free area of epistemic concerns?

"You need social and ethical values to help judge whether or not remaining uncertainties (in evidence) are good", argues Heather Douglas in this great episode of the @SAPEAnews podcast.

📻https://t.co/kgEdpuuYNQ

[Knowledge Resistance @knowresist]

Is polarization self-reinforcing? And why do we know little about political attitudes among adolescents? KR's @RoderikRekker discusses these and many other pertinent topics in a new interview: https://t.co/SJ6CLLqy2H

[PERITIA - Policy, Expertise and Trust @PERITIAnews]

To what extent does knowledge resistance involve irrationality? What does it mean for evidence to be available?

Join us for a discussion with Åsa Wikforss @Stockholm_Uni about Knowledge Resistance hosted by @mariabaghramian.

Register: https://t.co/bbgn5yltet

#PERITIALectures

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Fake News Contains A Lot Of Capital Letters And Is Quite Emotive (It's True!)
Seriously, thanks to @DamstraAlyt, @boomgaardenhg, Elena Broda, Elina Lindgren, @JesperStromback, @YarivTsfati & @rensvl for a thorough review of what fake news looks like.
https://t.co/0FNlgx71O8

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Åsa Wikforss (SU) deltar i podden Idéer som förändrar världen: "Det är bra att det finns ideologiska motsättningar – så länge vi har ett välfungerande offentligt samtal."
https://t.co/5iZ0evjhja

[Knowledge Resistance @knowresist]

New blog post: Swedish Climate Deniers
https://t.co/WqE27refLP