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TROLLS: MOSTLY MALE, MOSTLY PSYCHOPATHIC
A study on internet trolling among Australian teenagers says high levels of psychopathic traits are behind the behaviour.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-22/young-men-more-likely-to-internet-troll-study-finds/102246048
Original study
"High psychopathy, high sadism, low self-esteem, low cognitive empathy, low affective empathy, & high negative social potency" predict more trolling
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284378
#AusPol #UKPol #USPol #CdnPol
A study on internet trolling among Australian teenagers says high levels of psychopathic traits are behind the behaviour.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-22/young-men-more-likely-to-internet-troll-study-finds/102246048
Original study
"High psychopathy, high sadism, low self-esteem, low cognitive empathy, low affective empathy, & high negative social potency" predict more trolling
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284378
#AusPol #UKPol #USPol #CdnPol
Young men, trolling victims more likely to become trolls themselves, study finds
Young men and trolling victims are most likely to engage in the behaviour, according to a researcher from a Queensland university.David Chen (ABC News)
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THE PROBLEM WITH CONSERVATIVE THINKING
Neuroscience shows conservative thinkers typically:
are driven by an overactive limbic (fear) system, seeing threat in neutral situations;
seek "strong" leaders that share their fears & prejudices & promise to eradicate "enemies";
are afraid of the unfamilar, poor at analysis &, hence, evidence resistant.
#ConservativeThinking is ok as long as it's not running things. Education can help.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/right-and-left-the-choice-between-dumb-and-dumber,15130
#USPol #CdnPoli #UKPol #AusPol
THE PROBLEM WITH CONSERVATIVE THINKING
Neuroscience shows conservative thinkers typically:
are driven by an overactive limbic (fear) system, seeing threat in neutral situations;
seek "strong" leaders that share their fears & prejudices & promise to eradicate "enemies";
are afraid of the unfamilar, poor at analysis &, hence, evidence resistant.
#ConservativeThinking is ok as long as it's not running things. Education can help.
https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/right-and-left-the-choice-between-dumb-and-dumber,15130
#USPol #CdnPoli #UKPol #AusPol
Right and Left: The choice between dumb and dumber
When it comes to thinking, progressives do it better than conservatives do.Independent Australia