A Behavioral Science Solution to Lies in Politics
Deception proved a very successful strategy for political causes and individual candidates in the UK and US elections in 2016, leading Oxford Dictionary to...
Why Mainstream Media Need to Be Careful About Criticizing Conservatives
Many mainstream media outlets criticized conservatives with a broad brush over the Montana Congressional special election winner Republican Greg Gianforte assaulting a reporter, Ben...
How Can Facts Trump Ideology?
Extensive evidence emerged in recent days that Donald Trump pressured and then fired FBI Director James Comey to block the FBI’s investigation of Trump’s...
Guide For Talking To Irrational People: Whispering To The Elephant
Many struggle in dealing with people who have become attached to political viewpoints that are irrational — based on poor logic or on “alternative...
How Can We Tell Whether Comey’s Firing Was Justified?
We all want our top investigative bodies to be headed by competent officials. We also all want to ensure that these officials can freely...
What’s So Funny About Armageddon?
How Humor Can Save Us From Ourselves
Written by Charles Cassidy MPhys, Director of Evidence-based Wisdom
“This isn’t funny. America has just entered the darkest of...
The Brain Science of Political Deception in the 2016 Election
Written by Dr. Gleb Tsipursky, Intentional Insights Co-Founder and President.
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How did Donald Trump win, when he used so many misleading statements and outright deceptions?...
How Trump Changed My Mind About Marriage
By Jeff Dubin, who works as a Clinical Social Worker, and serves as the Vice President of the Humanist Community of Central Ohio.
It’s not...
Politics and the Neuroscience of Fear
By Diogo Gonçalves
“We are not thinking machines that feel, we are feeling machines that think.”~António Damásio
From the fall of the Berlin Wall until recently,...
Heel-In-Chief: Donald Trump And The Psychology Of Pro Wrestling
Nothing can compare to the moment just before you burst through the curtain. The spotlight is waiting for you, your theme song is blasting...