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 | May 9, 2020 | Critical Thinking, Psychology
Why Do People Believe in Conspiracy Theories? It seems that every family has an Uncle Joe-the guy who goes on and on about conspiracy theories at the holiday dinner table. The 9/11 attack was orchestrated by the government. The moon landing was filmed in Hollywood....
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 29, 2019 | Psychology, Science, What I'm Reading
35 years ago I got clean and sober while I was in a 12 Step Program but in retrospect I do NOT think it was the 12 Steps Program that got me clean and sober and has kept me that way for 35 years so I agree with the analysis of Dr. Lance Dodes in this audio article....
by J. Jerrald Hayes | May 9, 2019 | Psychology, Science
The Bad Science of Alcoholics Anonymous Its faith-based 12-step program dominates treatment in the United States. But researchers have debunked central tenets of AA doctrine and found dozens of other treatments more effective. J.G. is a lawyer in his early 30s....
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 18, 2018 | • Politics, Psychology
From all the way back in 2008! Psychologist Jonathan Haidt studies the five moral values that form the basis of our political choices, whether we’re left, right, or center. In this eye-opening talk, he pinpoints the moral values that liberals and conservatives...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Nov 12, 2018 | • Politics, Donald Trump, Psychology
This complete psychological analysis reveals 14 key traits that explain Trump supporters Whether we want to or not, for the sake of America, we must try to understand the Donald Trump phenomenon, as it has completely swept the nation and also fiercely divided it. What...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 13, 2017 | Economics & The Economy, Income Inequality, Psychology
Given what I have learned in the past few years about Behavioral Economics I’ve been thinking something along these lines lately too. I don’t recall it ever being overtly mentioned but I think it was definitely something I picked up reading Daniel...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Oct 5, 2017 | Featured, Happiness
Old Dog Toward the last in the morning she could not get up, even when I rattled her pan. I helped her into the yard, but she stumbled and fell. I knew it was time. The last night a mist drifted over the fields. In the morning she would not raise her head– the far,...
by J. Jerrald Hayes | Sep 22, 2017 | Critical Thinking, Psychology
Facts Don’t Change People’s Minds. Here’s What Does Changing others’ minds, or our own, is a tricky business. Here’s how to make it happen. If you had asked me this question-How do you change a mind?-two years ago, I would have given you...
