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Month: April 2023
Lots of Americans Are Losing Their Religion. Have You?
FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES OPINION PAGE, APRIL 19, 2023. As Zuckerman, one of the co-authors of “Beyond Doubt” and a professor at Pitzer College, explained to me over the phone, when social scientists talk about religion, they do it in terms of “the three Bs: belief, behavior and belonging.” If someone asks you about …
CONCEALED CARRY. NO PERMIT NEEDED.
FROM AXIOS. Updated Apr 3, 2023 – Politics & Policy Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed into law a measure that will allow people in the state to carry concealed weapons without licenses or training. Driving the news: With Florida, more than half of U.S. states now allow permitless carry of a concealed weapon. The …
Is “truth” an outdated concept?
Despite the backfire effect, in which people double down on their core beliefs when confronted with contrary facts to reduce cognitive dissonance, an “affective tipping point” may be reached when the counterevidence is overwhelming and especially when the contrary belief becomes accepted by others in one’s tribe. READ MORE HERE: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/is-truth-an-outdated-concept/