ulf schaefer, phd

associate professor of practice leadership at sda bocconi, milan

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

Stupidity!

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

What the article is about:

[ulf schaefer, phd @ulfschaefer1]

@RichardDawkins Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt
Joseph Henrich @JoHenrich
Steven pinker @sapinker
John Searle @JohnRSearle

[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

Are today's anti-Israel protests like the Vietnam war protests of the 60s? Mostly no; in some ways yes, says my colleague Jeff Flier @jflier (who was there). The similarities are nothing to be proud of: protest leaders supported murderous despots. https://t.co/JSTqZkVqJo via @BostonGlobe

[Spencer Greenberg 🔍 @SpencrGreenberg]

Sometimes, groups are genuinely found to differ a bit, on average. For instance, it may be found that men are a bit more dishonest than women or that Chinese kids outperform Americans at math.

At this point, people tend to go off the rails in one of 2 ways:

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[Steven Pinker @sapinker]

Haidt Reaches New Height - Psychology textbook author and happiness researcher @davidgmyers summarizes @JonHaidt and @jean_twenge 's theory that smartphone use is a major cause of anxiety & depression in young people (I was originally skeptical, but Twenge & Haidt have been open to criticism & are building a strong case.) https://t.co/veSYhkQyue

[Richard Dawkins @RichardDawkins]

Dan Dennett was a great philosopher, skilled with words, images, thought experiments & intuition pumps. But unlike many clever philosophers (to borrow from PB Medawar) he had something important to be clever ABOUT, namely science. Much more yet, he was a dear friend. So very sad.

[ulf schaefer, phd @ulfschaefer1]

@tage_rai @JonHaidt Just checked: Haidt has 112,000+ scholarly citations. His work dominates moral psychology! And since you work in this field, you know that.
Why don‘t you formulate an argument rather than making a name by smearing someone who has one?

[Learn Something @cooltechtipz]

How to explain the math in a simple way

[HOW THINGS WORK @HowThingsWork_]

A ball fired at exactly 50 mph in the opposite direction whilst travelling at 50 mph 🛻�

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

How large amount of data is stored in smartphones.

[🎞️ brancheducation]
https://t.co/d7dMiTSINn

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This is what uranium looks like in a cloud chamber: the visible tracks are mainly alpha particles

[📹 The Overview Effect Podcast]
https://t.co/abTYZfMwqu

[Richard Dawkins @RichardDawkins]

At the dawn of agriculture 10,000 years ago, humans, livestock, and pets constituted about 0.1% of terrestrial vertebrate biomass. Today, this figure is 98%. The full episode is here: https://t.co/b10ysBBsve

[Veritasium @veritasium]

How an infinite hotel ran out of room

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

World War II timeline
https://t.co/tSOVz6HFSB

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This is why circles, right triangles, sine, cosine, π and even waves are all related

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

The concept of tangent and the trigonometric functions beautifully explained by Beau Janzen.

[🎞️ reasonformath]
https://t.co/FVFcvLB9AR

[HOW THINGS WORK @HowThingsWork_]

Chimps are highly intelligent & can often outperform humans at memory tasks such as this.

[Samantha Boardman MD @sambmd]

Happy new year! Here are 3 phrases to use more of in 2024:

🗣️ I don’t know
🗣️ I was wrong
🗣️ Tell me more

And 1 to use less of:

❌ This makes me feel uncomfortable

[Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel]

Shocking finding: