Random links
- Partisan Bias Diminishes When Partisans Pay
- "It’s well known that Democrats and Republicans give different answers to even basic factual questions when those questions are politically loaded (Did inflation fall under Reagan? Were WMDs found in Iraq? and so forth). But do the respondents really believe their answers or are they simply signalling their affiliations? In other words, are respondents bullshitting? In a new paper, Bullock, Gerber, Huber and Hill provide evidence that the respondents don’t actually believe what they say and the authors do so by making partisans pay for their beliefs."
- The Unbelievable Wretchedness of Mainstream TV's “Nerd Episodes”
- "One tried and true trope that [crime procedurals and medical dramas] inevitably turn to is the "nerd episode," where the straight-laced cops/doctors/whatever enter the bizarre and terrifying world of gamers, role-players, cosplayers… and even furries. These are usually poorly researched and almost always make nerds look like morons, lunatics and/or sociopaths. Here are just a few episodes of these super-popular, mainstream network TV shows that did nerds no good at all."
- Arranged Marriages Can Be Real Love Connection
- "Think arranged marriages are loveless? Not so, says psychologist Robert Epstein, a contributing editor for Scientific American MIND magazine."
- Childless Men More Depressed Than Childless Women, Study Finds
- "About the same proportions of men and women said they wanted kids (59 percent of men and 63 percent of women). Among that group, half of the men said they experienced isolation because they weren't parents, while just over a quarter of women said the same. Compared with women, these men also were more likely to feel jealous of other parents and sad, angry, and depressed over not having kids."