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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Beyond the direct human impacts, Russia's war on Ukraine is devastating the country's environment. The ways that combat poisons water, ruins soil, and erases habitats could hinder recovery for years or decades to come.
Journalist Olena Kozar reports:
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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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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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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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@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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Why is bias so deeply ingrained in our heads? A closer scientific analysis: openmindmag.org/articles/in-…
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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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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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
openmindmag.org/articles/gas…
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…
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-…
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
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…
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
👩🔬Our stories on the cognitive #science of deception and #disinformation are being republished on Scientific American: scientificamerican.com/autho…
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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
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…
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
