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Imperfect Information: IQ and bias

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Public Opinion, Media, and Ideology. Monday, February 23, 2009. An excerpt from a 2008 paper by Stanovich and West. In other words, smarter people can be less biased— but only when they're paying attention to the relevant biases. Posted by Will May. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science. Will May's page (my current blog).

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Imperfect Information: Dan Ariely on cheating and integrity

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Public Opinion, Media, and Ideology. Wednesday, March 18, 2009. Dan Ariely on cheating and integrity. Posted by Will May. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science. Will May's page (my current blog).

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Imperfect Information: To balance the other post...

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Public Opinion, Media, and Ideology. Wednesday, February 18, 2009. To balance the other post. Razib at gnxp reports that younger people, beyond being less Christian, are more accepting of evolution. Posted by Will May. April 28, 2010 at 8:01 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science. Will May's page (my current blog).

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Imperfect Information: Slow

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Public Opinion, Media, and Ideology. Thursday, March 12, 2009. My Free State Project activities have been keeping me very busy lately. In any case, the plan is to keep this blog going, regardless. Hopefully, the week-long gaps between posts will be few and far between. Posted by Will May. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science. Will May's page (my current blog).

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Imperfect Information: Intellectual history of the money illusion

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Public Opinion, Media, and Ideology. Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Intellectual history of the money illusion. A post at gnxp. Looks at the data, and gives a nice summary of the history. Posted by Will May. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science. Will May's page (my current blog).

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Imperfect Information: Intuitive creationism and intuitive socialism

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Public Opinion, Media, and Ideology. Thursday, March 26, 2009. Intuitive creationism and intuitive socialism. Some of the psychological barriers to understanding evolution at Scientific American. In short, humans intuitively expect order to be the result of a conscious design. I find this subject especially interesting because it parallels my favorite topic. The widespread denial of basic economics. Posted by Will May. Indeed. Dennett expresses the idea wonderfully in The Intentional Stance. I actually h...

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Imperfect Information: Overload

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Public Opinion, Media, and Ideology. Saturday, March 28, 2009. A study finding correlations between intelligence and cortical thickness. Ben Goldacre at Bad Science writes. About the Werther effect, the tendency of suicides in the media to spur more suicides. Another aspect of the psychology of religion. New technology not changing the different political participation rates of different socioeconomic classes (according to a forthcoming study), says Thomas Sander. At his Social Capital Blog.

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Imperfect Information: More on the religious (sort of) boom

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Public Opinion, Media, and Ideology. Monday, March 16, 2009. More on the religious (sort of) boom. From the Pew Research Center. This doesn't necessarily contradict David Beckworth's theory. More people could be joining evangelical protestant churches, while others are leaving other types of churches. Posted by Will May. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science. Will May's page (my current blog).

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Imperfect Information: Pinker and Caplan on the anti-market bias

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Public Opinion, Media, and Ideology. Friday, February 20, 2009. Pinker and Caplan on the anti-market bias. In his book The Myth of the Rational Voter. Where did this bias come from? According to Steven Pinker, our minds have a built in system of intuitive economics:. It is based on the concept of reciprocal exchange, in which one party confers a benefit on another and is entitled to an equivalent benefit in return. Posted by Will May. Serious" according to who? Exploitation is a very real aspect of econo...

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Imperfect Information: Economic Depressions and Religious Booms

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Public Opinion, Media, and Ideology. Monday, February 16, 2009. Economic Depressions and Religious Booms. From a recent New Scientist editorial. A 2007 study showed that the growth rate of evangelical churches in the US jumps 50 per cent with the downturn of each economic cycle. The global downturn is no different: church leaders (and psychics) are now reporting brisk business. From an older New York Times article. Beckworth's paper can be found here. Posted by Will May. Why am I not surprised?