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Here is Gaslighting PART TWO - about how the anti trans gaslighting gave them victory (though that didn’t mean the end)

#gaslighting #translivesmatter #lgbtq #bbcradio4 #psychology

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What happens when a ghost video is exposed as fake?

You might assume that once we know a recording is unreliable, its influence disappears. But brand new research into deepfakes suggests it isn’t quite that simple.

In my latest Ghost Geek essay, I look at the psychology of misinformation, the continued influence effect, and why debunking paranormal evidence may require more than simply saying: “this is fake.” 👻

theghostgeek.com/p/you-know-th…

#Skepticism #Psychology #Paranormal #Deepfakes #AI


🧠 The man who invented IQ tests warned you not to take them too seriously.

Alfred Binet created the first practical intelligence test in 1905, not to rank people, but to identify which schoolchildren needed extra help. He called the idea of fixed, unchangeable intelligence "brutal pessimism" and spent his career arguing against it.

In 2012, neuroscientists at Western University tested 110,000 people while scanning brains with fMRI. They found human cognition runs on at least three independent neural networks: reasoning, short-term memory, and verbal ability.

Because these circuits operate independently, averaging them into a single IQ score is like averaging your height, weight, and shoe size into one "physical number."

Source: doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2012.…

#neuroscience #psychology #science



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#USpol #POTUS #Psychology

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presidential tenures. (See this PT blogger's post.) The list includes some of our greatest presidents, like Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln."

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psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ev…


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. .. a 👉fascinating 2006 psychobiographical study by #DukeUniversity Medical Center of 37 former #US presidents' lives, a stunning 50 percent of them suffered from some sort of diagnosable mental illness👈, including major depression, bipolar disorder, substance abuse, and anxiety disorders—many manifesting symptoms during their...


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...of the public but their own grandiose image and inflated assessment of themselves...."

Interestingly, he states that they now have a "...bestselling book titled The Dangerous Case of #DonaldTrump (here) about President Trump's presumed psychiatric condition, comprised of 27 essays from prominent and distinguished #Psychiatrists, #Psychologists, and other #MentalHealth professionals..."

But even more interestingly:

"According to...


I recently updated "From Apathy to Activism" with discussion questions and classroom resources for instructors. If you teach civic engagement, political science, sociology, public administration, or nonprofit leadership, I'd be interested in hearing how you approach these topics with students. richardrawson.com/books/from-a… #activism #community #leadership #sociology #psychology