This article is right up the Psy’s alley: it uses psychology — although without explicitly identifying the tendencies as such — to explain our inexplicable
Category: Cognitive Psychology
The Faux Outrage over Michelle Wolf’s WHCD Remarks and Motivated Reasoning and Other Cognitive Tom Fuckery
Michelle Wolf tells a couple of bad jokes about Sarah Huckabee Sanders and the world is off its hinges. Why is everyone now convinced that Wolf insulted Sanders’ appearance at the WHCD? Here’s a psysplainer of all the cognitive Tom Fuckery involved.
A Quickie: Collective Intelligence Key to Preventing Future Parkland, Florida Shootings
Collective intelligence has helped human kind solve every problem we have faced. It can help us solve gun violence, but we keep shooting ourselves in the foot.
The Collective Narcissism of Conservatives Promotes Violence and Chaos
Human beings evolved to work best in groups. And, like all other mental disorders, we can take that group effort into the realms of madness. The GOP and conservatives have done just that. Luckily, the counter-weight to their madness is also rests in our efforts as a group.
A Quickie: Is It A Demented Ol’ Pussy Grabber?
Does the Ol’ Pussy Grabber have dementia? People have cited several pieces of evidence of his disorientation, lapses in memory, repetitive language, fixated ideation, and other recent behaviors. Here’s a closer look at how his behaviors match up with the symptoms of dementia.
Roy Moore, Al Franken, Halos, Horns, and the Hive Mind
Why do evangelical Christians continue to support Roy Moore? Why do liberals and progressive now question Al Franken? Our collective intelligence dictates our responses to both of these scandals and more.
