Psychology - Quillette (Page 5)

'Virtue Signalling' May Annoy Us. But Civilization Would Be Impossible Without It

Virtue signaling includes the best of human instincts, and the worst of human instincts.

2 Sep 2019 · 9 min read

Socialization Isn't Responsible for Greater Male Violence

The evidence that men are more violent and more criminal than women is overwhelming, and yet it doesn’t imply that all men are violent, deserve to be incarcerated, or are undeserving of our sympathy or compassion if they are imprisoned.

Alex Mackiel

26 Aug 2019 · 7 min read

Are Political Disagreements Real Disagreements?

If partisanship is shaping our perceptions of reality, then democratic decision-making becomes incredibly difficult.

Michael Hannon

20 Aug 2019 · 9 min read

Straw Men and Viewpoint Manicheanism

Each “side” sees the other’s behavior as evidence of evil, and their own behavior as justified on the ground that we good folks must defend ourselves against them.

Rick Repetti

14 Aug 2019 · 7 min read

The Deadly Boredom of ‘A Meaningless Life’

Before a youth makes the decision to murder, before the gun is stashed in his backpack, before his state of mental health is so deteriorated that he commits the unthinkable, what has happened to him?

Terry Newman

7 Aug 2019 · 9 min read

The Other Crisis in Psychology

psychological scientists recognize unwarranted causal inferences when evaluating others’ research but miss it in their own, perhaps because of ideological and self-serving biases.

April L. Bleske-Rechek

30 Jul 2019 · 16 min read

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of....What Exactly?

The same is true of happiness and positivity. They’re not mere feelings. They are behaviors.

Steve Salerno

24 Jul 2019 · 15 min read

Coming Together to Honor a Dead Rock Star—And Ward Off Our Own Demons

In the months leading up to the news, I was in a bad place. Nothing in life felt right, and every day was a fight against hopelessness—to the point that even when good things happened, I would remain afraid or numb.

Neil Gray

21 Jul 2019 · 8 min read

Why We Shouldn't Bet on Having Free Will—A Reply to William Edwards

It makes no more sense to believe in a numinous “will” that subverts the laws of physics than to accept a god for which there’s no evidence. Any reforms of society should begin by accepting the unalterable truths of nature.

Jerry A. Coyne

17 Jul 2019 · 6 min read

Bad Data Analysis and Psychology's Replication Crisis

This isn’t the first time this has happened in video game research.

Christopher J. Ferguson

15 Jul 2019 · 7 min read

She Did Not Go Gently

The placebo effect is real. It’s measurable. It’s why we have placebo trials in medical research—because the hope buried inside that sugar pill has a measurable medical benefit. Hope is literally medicine, and it’s powerful stuff.

B.J. Campbell

27 Apr 2019 · 9 min read

Meaning Matters

Religion isn’t just like any organization or group that affords people the opportunity to socialize.

Clay Routledge

26 Apr 2019 · 8 min read

What Explains the Resistance to Evolutionary Psychology?

Instead of dispassionately inquiring into scientific questions, facts from politically controversial research are being distorted out of concern for how the data might be used by the worst among us.

Alex Mackiel

8 Apr 2019 · 19 min read