Tuesday, August 3, 2021

Slippery slope arguments, that small actions have severe consequences, are common; they predicted intolerance of outgroup freedoms; also, those beliefs predict intolerance of debated behaviors

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On a Slippery Slope to Intolerance: Individual difference in slippery slope beliefs predict outgroup negativity. Levi Adelman et al. Journal...

Misinformed beliefs to be broadly, but thinly, spread among the population; individuals who adopt one misinformed belief are not more likely to engage in pseudo-scientific or conspiratorial thinking across the board (no “slippery slope”)

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Martí, Louis, and Celeste Kidd. 2021. “Fringe” Beliefs Aren’t Fringe. PsyArXiv. August 2. doi:10.31234/osf.io/8u5jn Abstract: COVID-19 and t...

Higher Ukrainian famine mortality was an outcome of policy: Ukrainian ethnicity, rather than the administrative boundaries of the Ukrainian republic, mattered for famine mortality

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The Political-Economic Causes of the Soviet Great Famine, 1932–33. Andrei Markevich, Natalya Naumenko & Nancy Qian. NBER Working Paper 2...
Monday, August 2, 2021

Decent living standards for all while reducing energy use: Per capita, 9 lbs/4 kg of new clothing/year, 177lbs/80 kg of washing/year, 20 washes per year; & 1 phone; per household, a cooker, a fridge, a laptop

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Securing decent living standards for all while reducing global energy use. Leeds Univ press release, Jun 2021. https://www.eurekalert.org/ne...

Appearance dissatisfaction is a sensitive issue and has been tied to depression, dissatisfaction in romantic relationships, and reduced sexual satisfaction

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Øverup CS, Strizzi JM, Cipric A, et al. Appearance Satisfaction as a Predictor of Specific Sexual Problems and Associated Distress. J Sex Me...