A digital magazine tackling controversies, distortions, and deceptions in science.
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Openmind's multimedia project on the cognitive science of deception, funded by the Pulitzer Center: stories, TikToks, podcasts, Q&As.
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9 Jul 2024
Scientists are often their own worst enemies at communicating with the public. Frederic Bertley from @COSI spells out a strategy of clarity & humility -- because "it takes just a fraction of a second for people to decide you're full of BS."
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9 Jul 2024
Complex ideas don't have to be expressed in complex words. @FredericBertley reveals his proven strategy for explaining exponential growth to an audience of kids, even four-year-olds. openmindmag.org/articles/pow…
Interview by @coreyspowell
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28 Apr 2024
Polluted Minds
Exposure to polluted air, water & food has an enormous impact on our brain & body. A new field of research called #exposomics is emerging to unpick the consequences of pollutants on brain health, genetics & degenerative diseases.
#Pollution
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10 Apr 2024
@daviddunning6, co-discoverer of the Dunning-Kruger effect, investigates the misinformation gap built into our brains: We don't know what we don't know, writes @coreyspowell for @openmind_mag. openmindmag.org/articles/dav…
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3 May 2024
The Processed Food Fight openmindmag.org/articles/the… via @openmind_mag
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29 May 2024
Why is bias so deeply ingrained in our heads? A closer scientific analysis: openmindmag.org/articles/in-…
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3 Jun 2024
Although there is good research raising concerns about ultra-processed food, we should be hesitant to declare it the primary scourge of the modern diet. The case against ultra-processed food isn’t as solid as the headlines would lead us to believe. openmindmag.org/articles/the… .
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22 Mar 2023
The pandemic made seeing your doctor online normal. Telehealth companies will connect you with a physician who functions like a rideshare driver--you may never see them again. Here's my investigation of what's wrong with that. openmindmag.org/articles/the… #healthcarenews #medicine
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17 Feb 2023
The idea that consumers are primarily responsible for climate change is a myth perpetrated by industry. The carbon footprint was weaponized to take industry off the hook. openmindmag.org/articles/dec…
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"The heart of the #LongCovid story is a story of citizen science" says @r_prior
Yet the history of post viral illness dictates that patients continue to be gaslit and we risk #LongCovid becoming yet another contested disease
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1 Jun 2024
The Dunning-Kruger Effect Shows that People Don’t Know What They Don’t Know
David Dunning explains how people can avoid overestimating their own knowledge, a psychological bias called the Dunning-Kruger effect: openmindmag.org/articles/dav…
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31 May 2024
We all have a natural tendency to view the world in black and white—to the extent that it's hard not to hear "black" and immediately think "white." Fortunately, there are ways to activate the more subtle shadings in our minds: openmindmag.org/articles/in-…
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31 May 2024
Journalists often struggle to cover #disabled people. Here’s what experts say about getting the story right. By @r_prior: openmindmag.org/articles/tal… #disability
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30 May 2024
We are a digital magazine covering disinformation, controversy, cognitive manipulation, and conspiracy theory in science. Sign up for our newsletter and receive fresh insights on the most important issues in #science and #technology: scienceliteracyfoundation.us…
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30 May 2024
The industry has convinced us that recycling will reverse the toxic impact of plastic—while it keeps right on polluting. Here's what you can do to fight back: openmindmag.org/articles/the… #plasticwaste #plasticpollution
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29 May 2024
👩🔬Our stories on the cognitive #science of deception and #disinformation are being republished on Scientific American: scientificamerican.com/autho…
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28 May 2024
Check out our multimedia project on the cognitive #science of deception and #disinformation—funded by the Pulitzer Center, and in partnership with Scientific American—with stories, TikToks, podcasts, and Q&As: pulitzercenter.org/projects/… #scicomm
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28 May 2024
Anti-trans sentiment has existed for a long time, but it seems like we're at a moment of particularly intense attacks. Why is that? openmindmag.org/articles/q-a…
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27 May 2024
In "When Your Psychologist is an AI," author Elizabeth Svoboda investigates the true capabilities of the #AI therapy chatbots. Are AI therapists biased? Trained? Helpful? Out of their depth? And if you must use one, how can you use it wisely? openmindmag.org/articles/whe… #mentalhealth
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27 May 2024
Researchers are joining forces to explore the connections between environmental neurotoxins and decline in brain #health. It’s a challenging project, since air #pollution levels and specific pollutants vary on fine scales and can change from hour to hour: openmindmag.org/articles/pol…
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