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Know-It-Alls More Likely To Accept Falsehoods as Fact, Study Shows
TIME: People who consider themselves experts in a given topic are more likely to claim knowledge of made-up “facts” about that topic, a new study shows. Researchers conducted a series of experiments to assess how
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Friend Fail: When Your Partner Dislikes Your Pals
The Wall Street Journal: About a year after she started to date her boyfriend, Shanon Leespotted a potential deal breaker: his friends. She saw how much his pals, men and women, drank and cursed, texted
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In Court, Your Face Could Determine Your Fate
NPR: Your face has a profound effect on the people around you. Its expression can prompt assumptions about how kind, mean or trustworthy you are. And for some people, a study finds, it could help
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Self-Proclaimed Experts More Vulnerable to the Illusion of Knowledge
Research reveals that the more people think they know about a topic in general, the more likely they are to allege knowledge of completely made-up information and false facts.
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Another Reason to Oppose the Death Penalty
Pacific Standard: If you support the death penalty, in spite of the many compelling arguments to the contrary, you must concede it is only morally acceptable if carried out in a fundamentally fair way. Surely
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The Trustworthiness of an Inmate’s Face May Seal His Fate
A criminal defendant’s face may determine the severity of the sentence he receives, a study using photos and sentencing data of inmates shows.
