by J. Jerrald Hayes | Aug 27, 2021 | Behavior, Brain Science
10 Examples of the Mandela Effect Would you believe us if we told you the most famous line of 1980’s Star Wars sequel, The Empire Strikes Back , was never uttered? Darth Vader doesn’t reveal his paternity to Luke Skywalker by saying, “Luke, I am your...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 28, 2020 | • Politics, Behavior, Cognitive Bias, Psychology
Why Facts Don’t Change Our Minds The economist J.K. Galbraith once wrote, “Faced with a choice between changing one’s mind and proving there is no need to do so, almost everyone gets busy with the...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 28, 2020 | • Politics, Behavior, Psychology
The surprising reason people change their minds Wherever you look at the moment, we seem divided – Brexiteer or Remainer, pro-President Trump or against. And no matter how much we argue, none of us appear to change our minds. Whether at the dinner table or on...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 25, 2020 | • Politics, Behavior, Coronavirus, Critical Thinking, Partisan Idiocy, Pseudoscience, Psychology, Reason & Rational Thinking, Right Wing Lunacy
The 7 traits of conspiratorial thinking Science misinformation and conspiracy theories have surged during coronavirus. This guide can help you identify...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 27, 2019 | • Politics, Behavior, Critical Thinking, Sexism, Sexuality, & Gender
I just tweeted: Jerrald Hayes on Twitter Has MSNBC had @AliciaMenendez on any of their prime time shows to talk about her book The Likeability Trap? If not the damn well should. …and then I found this… Alicia Menendez on being liked at work: Here’s...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Dec 24, 2017 | • Politics, Behavior, Critical Thinking
A massive new study reviews the evidence on whether campaigning works. The answer’s bleak. All the outreach activity by political campaigns, including door to door canvassing, phone banking, direct mail, and even advertising, has basically no effect on...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 21, 2017 | Behavior, Business
Diversity or Meritocracy: Which Is More Important? Look at Wall Street in 2008, and the White House right now. Diversity-of people and cognitive perspectives-is crucial for avoiding...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 11, 2017 | Behavior, Critical Thinking
The five universal laws of human stupidity In 1976, a professor of economic history at the University of California, Berkeley published an essay outlining the fundamental laws of a force he perceived as humanity’s greatest existential threat: Stupidity. Stupid...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Jun 1, 2016 | Behavior, Psychology
10 Most Brilliant Social Psychology Experiments Ten of the most influential social psychology experiments. “I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people sometimes...
