Inconvenient Facts

Bias

How Fact-Checking is Flawed

Morgan Marietta Ph.D. on June 7, 2019

When you ask different questions, you may get illegitimate answers.

When you ask different questions, you may get illegitimate answers.

Cognition

Bull Is Important

Morgan Marietta Ph.D. on May 31, 2019

Bullsh*t is not facts, but it's something more than poo (and at least as common).

Bullsh*t is not facts, but it's something more than poo (and at least as common).

Bias

Do Conservatives or Liberals Hold More Biased Perceptions?

Morgan Marietta Ph.D. on May 24, 2019

“Facts have a well known _____ bias” (liberal, conservative, ideological?)

“Facts have a well known _____ bias” (liberal, conservative, ideological?)

Trust

Against the Professors

Morgan Marietta Ph.D. on May 16, 2019

Distrust of the university is altering perceptions of reality

Distrust of the university is altering perceptions of reality

Education

Is Education the Answer to Dueling Facts?

Morgan Marietta Ph.D. on May 10, 2019

Why greater skills can create greater divisions.

Why greater skills can create greater divisions.

Conformity

Fact-Checking Is Ineffective Where It Counts

Morgan Marietta Ph.D. on May 3, 2019

Why do fact-checkers deny this fact?

Why do fact-checkers deny this fact?

Education

Why It Matters That Values Shape Our Perceptions of Facts

Morgan Marietta Ph.D. on April 25, 2019

When preferred values become perceived facts, correction is difficult.

When preferred values become perceived facts, correction is difficult.

Bias

Why So Certain?

Morgan Marietta Ph.D. on April 19, 2019

Sureness and sacredness.

Sureness and sacredness.

Bias

Dueling Facts and Social Disdain

Morgan Marietta Ph.D. on April 12, 2019

Can we work with someone who perceives different facts?

Can we work with someone who perceives different facts?

Rejection Sensitivity

Rejection of Inconvenient Science

Morgan Marietta Ph.D. on April 6, 2019

Academics may be especially prone to post-fact perceptions.

Academics may be especially prone to post-fact perceptions.

Rejection Sensitivity

Mueller, Schmueller: The Rejection of the Mueller Report

Morgan Marietta Ph.D. on March 29, 2019

Polling suggests the Mueller Report is having little impact on perceptions.

Polling suggests the Mueller Report is having little impact on perceptions.

Education

Why the Mueller Report Won't Change Minds

Morgan Marietta Ph.D. on March 26, 2019

Mueller, Schmueller: The much-anticipated report will not contribute to a consensus, but only the reinforcement of prior beliefs.

Mueller, Schmueller: The much-anticipated report will not contribute to a consensus, but only the reinforcement of prior beliefs.