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Jay Van Bavel, PhD@jayvanbavel.bsky.social · last mo.

Social media discourse is driven by false #polarization We find that: 1) ideologues post opinions more than moderates 2) extreme attitudes are posted more than moderate one 3) This replicates in 40 countries 4) Opinions that users post are more hostile than the beliefs they keep to themselves

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mj@malthusjohn.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"This often implies that what counts as knowledge today will reveal itself tomorrow as an error of the past." This latency keeps #science from acting like an individual. Overturning the status quo consensus is quite difficult, usually more difficult the longer those past errors were believed.

Mark Rubin@markrubin.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Hans-Jörg Rheinberger (2026) considers "unanticipated ignorance" in science. "It is an ignorance that we did not know about, one that we were not able to guess unless experimentation confronted us with it." doi.org/10.1007/978-...

Abstract My paper will explore the function of ignorance and error in the scientific research process. Scientific knowledge, as a particular form among many other forms of knowledge, can even be characterized by its attitude toward ignorance and error. The ground-laying epistemic feature of research consists in gaining knowledge about aspects of the world of which the actual knowledge is either scarce or absent altogether. “Specified ignorance,” as discussed by Robert Merton, is a state of affairs where the black spot of ignorance can be pinpointed. But research is also characterized by a kind of ignorance that we can address as “unspecified,” or “nonanticipated,” that is, by ignoring what one does not know. This often implies that what counts as knowledge today will reveal itself tomorrow as an error of the past. I will especially focus on the latter form of ignorance and present a few historical examples from the life sciences of the twentieth century.
Claes de Vreese@claesdevreese.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🚨 Important new publication just dropped: Resilience and Vulnerability to Misinformation and Disinformation in Political Information Environments From the International Panel on the Information Environment @esserfrank.bsky.social & co @sebavalenz.bsky.social www.ipie.info/research/tp2...

Resilience and Vulnerability to Misinformation and Disinformation in Political Information Environments: A Comparative Review of Ten Indexes

Technical Papers - Resilience and Vulnerability to Misinformation and Disinformation in Political Information Environments: A Comparative Review of Ten Indexes

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Philosophical Psychology@journalphp.bsky.social · 4mo ago

An open access review paper by Alex Worsnip, Devin Lane, Samuel Pratt, M. Giulia Napolitano, Kurt Gray & Jeffrey A. Greene examines the trade off between authority and autonomy and asks when we should defer to experts: doi.org/10.1080/0951... Enjoy! #philsky #philpsy

Authority or autonomy? Philosophical and psychological perspectives on deference to experts

Several decades of work in both philosophy and psychology acutely highlights our limitations as individual inquirers. One way to recognize these limitations is to defer to experts: roughly, to form...

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lukas-fock.bsky.social@lukas-fock.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"Theories can make more or less correct assumptions and can provide a more or less complete description of a phenomenon. [...] as scientists, our concern should not be whether or not we are under illusion, but to what extent our beliefs mismatch reality." Very interesting and concise pre-print!

Mark Rubin@markrubin.bsky.social · 4mo ago

"No theory provides a perfect account of the world, so the only way to avoid the illusion of knowledge is to avoid theory. However, a lack of theory leads to a lack of explanations that is disorienting and stifles progress." By Stefan, Pirrone, & @nathanjevans.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/ps...

While we agree with the general argument of Shiffrin and colleagues (2026) that scientists fall prey to the illusion of knowledge, we disagree with their argument that illusions present a fundamental problem for science. We argue that theory cannot exist without illusion, and therefore, our goal should not be to avoid illusions, but to create the best illusions possible. Specifically, we argue that many known illusions provide utility for both science and real-world applications, that attempting to dispel illusions is a fundamental aspect of science, and that illusions only become problematic when scientists become complacent and no longer seek to improve understanding. We conclude that researchers should continue to utilise the scientific method to understand what theories can, cannot, and should not predict, thus dispelling illusions through progressive research programs.
Igor Grossmann, PhD@igi.bsky.social · 5mo ago

1/ We've been measuring intellectual humility wrong. Most scales ask "are you intellectually humble?" but the people least humble are the most miscalibrated about it. They overclaim. The #humilityparadox. Out today in Behavior Research Methods. Here's what we did instead. 🧵

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Prof. Nicole Holliday@mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Very, very important work about our perception of what “everyone” thinks is skewed by very few people online.

Jay Van Bavel, PhD@jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 5mo ago

A small fraction of online actors exerts outsized influence over what the public sees, believes, and discusses. In a new paper, we trace how social media influencers turn fringe claims into viral narratives by exploiting a feedback loop between influencers, algorithms & crowds osf.io/preprints/ps...

Stephan Lewandowsky@lewan.uk · 6mo ago

Launched today at the Cambridge Disinformation Summit. Read the full report 👇 sks.to/fractured Mario Scharfbillig Sacha Altay Philipp Lorenz-Spreen Sebastián Valenzuela Ullrich Ecker Michael E. Mann Naomi Oreskes 10/10

Fractured reality

The report examines the evolving impact of digital technologies on European democracy. In an era of a global struggle to control the information space, this report offers critical insights into the fracturing of perceived realities, the rise of the ”fantasy-industrial complex,” and the systemic risks posed by the attention economy. It exposes how platforms algorithmically prioritise engagement over accuracy, reinforcing ideological echo chambers and amplifying mis- and disinformation that erode democratic resilience. The report highlights how structural incentives and foreign control of the most important players in the information space undermine information integrity, collective knowledge and civic discourse. In response, the report presents a number of recommendations from fostering alternative public spaces and crowd-sourced knowledge systems to reforming business models, restoring user agency, and advancing EU digital sovereignty through decentralised infrastructure.

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Journal of Science Communication (JCOM)@jscicom.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Trust in experts' comments about medical advances depends not just on what is said, but who says it & how confidently, suggesting paying attention to contextual & paraverbal cues in health communication. Find out more - doi.org/10.22323/150... - article by @lorenzo-ciccione.bsky.social & co-authors

The impact of commentators' expertise and opinion in health communication

Different commentators are often invited in the media in order to discuss medical and health-related advances, such as the deployment of new vaccines or prevention tests. How do the expertise and opin...

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Lisa Oswald@lfoswaldo.bsky.social · 6mo ago

New publication 📄 "Little change in a changing landscape: Tracking exposure to untrustworthy news in Germany from 2017 to 2024". So far, my shortest paper - and the first with @simonsaysnothin.bsky.social! Read our brief description of news web browsing @journalqd.bsky.social

Little change in a changing landscape: Tracking exposure to untrustworthy news in Germany from 2017 to 2024. | Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media

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Journal of Science Communication (JCOM)@jscicom.bsky.social · 8mo ago

A study of German COVID-19 protest movements shows that science wasn’t rejected online but rather strategically used. Analysing Telegram data, the authors reveal how scientific claims were mobilised to challenge policy during moments of uncertainty = jcom.sissa.it/article/pubi...

Evidence in the service of dissent: strategic communication of science by German corona-protest movements

This study investigates how Germany’s anti-lockdown and anti-vaccine protest movement, led mainly by the Querdenken network, allied with conspiracist and far-right groups, utilized scientific authorit...

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