hn_rationality
Re:There are no moral laws out there
on Saturday November 29, 2025 @03:43AM (#46086038)
A criticism of moral realism
We set ever higher goals: The psychology of chasing our potential
The truth about happiness. We are designed to long for it, not to get it
Re:Adopting beliefs can be a strategy to signal commitment to an in-group
on Sunday November 26, 2023 @01:09AM (#38419559)
The absurd statement is not decolonization but the implied causal graph, which is not a DAG, incidentally, as it is cyclical.
Re:Adopting beliefs can be a strategy to signal commitment to an in-group
on Saturday November 25, 2023 @08:28AM (#38413354)
It is common to see people posting absurd beliefs/political takes on social media. One likely reason is that absurd/radical beliefs in the direction of your group's positions give credibility to your commitment to your group.
Adopting beliefs can be a strategy to signal commitment to an in-group
Re:
on Saturday June 10, 2023 @07:22PM (#36276350)
For 30 years psychologists and behavioural economists dismissed the "hot hand," the idea that basketball players get better at shooting after a streak of success. As it happens, the academics were wrong all along. The hot hand is real.
Re:The hot hand was never a fallacy. Recent research shows it is real
on Wednesday June 07, 2023 @08:27AM (#36225933)
Psychologists assumed too quickly that the hot hand was just a cognitive illusion. Statistics shows it is real.
The hot hand was never a fallacy. Recent research shows it is real
Not Another Behavioural Bias!
Re:Not Another Behavioural Bias!
on Monday June 05, 2023 @12:42AM (#36192358)
We have uncovered enough behavioural biases. It's time to understand where they come from.