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Tag: beliefs

The curious joy of being wrong – intellectual humility means being...

Daryl Van Tongeren, Hope College Mark Twain apocryphally said, “I’m in favor of progress; it’s change I don’t like.”...

What’s going on when the Virgin Mary appears and statues weep?...

Mathew Schmalz, College of the Holy Cross Claims of appearances of the Virgin Mary and weeping statues have been...

Future Air Force officers get a 30,000-foot view of death in...

L. William Uhl, United States Air Force Academy and Arri Eisen, Emory University Unusual Courses...

Cognitive biases and brain biology help explain why facts don’t change...

Keith M. Bellizzi, University of Connecticut “Facts First” is the tagline of a CNN branding campaign which contends that...

What’s behind the enduring popularity of crystals?

Joseph P. Laycock, Texas State University As New York City mayor Eric Adams attends ribbon cuttings, marches in parades...

Buying into conspiracy theories can be exciting – that’s what makes...

Donovan Schaefer, University of Pennsylvania Conspiracy theories have been around for centuries, from witch trials and antisemitic campaigns to...

Changing your mind about something as important as vaccination isn’t a...

Art Markman, The University of Texas at Austin College of Liberal Arts Culturally, this is an era in which...

I studied people who think leisure is a waste of time...

Selin Malkoc, The Ohio State University When I first took my now-husband to Turkey, I tried to prepare myself...

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