"The present study provides initial evidence that texting daily with a random human peer may be more effective in alleviating loneliness than texting with a highly supportive chatbot."
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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So much of our public discourse is distorted by whose voice gets a platform and is heard.
The common sense of normal English people gets lost amongst intra-debates of weird elites and the production/boosting of extreme content.
Matt Lindauer
New experimental philosophy from @ryandoran.bsky.social on the concept of the beautiful
Argues that the concept BEAUTIFUL is different in some fundamental respects from concepts like PRETTY
For example, participants think you can say "true beauty" but not "true prettiness"
Incarceration complicates the desire to love & to be loved in ways most people never have to consider, writes Derek R. Trumbo, Sr. on his life after reentry. “Love after incarceration requires confronting the past without being shackled by it.”
2026 Faculty Award for Excellence in Scholarly Achievement. Big thanks to my colleagues at @brooklyncollege.bsky.social @cuny.edu
Josh Westerling
Brian D. Earp, PhD
AI chatbots are increasingly embedded in social life, offering accessible companionship. While brief interactions have been shown to provide immediate…
I’m pleased to share the video of my keynote lecture at the Consortium on Moral Decision-Making at Penn State, where I discussed my recent book The Fruitfulness of Normative Concepts. I am very grateful to @annepisor.bsky.social and @dcameron.bsky.social for their excellent comments. #philsky
Meta implements AI to automate account recovery. Hackers simply ask the AI to change recovery email addresses to ones they control, get recovery codes and access accounts. @404media.co
www.404media.co/hackers-simp...
Experimental Philosophy
Prism
Does belief in conspiracy theories correlate with less reflective thinking?
A meta-analysis found that it did (doi.org/10.1017/S193...).
Another paper found people with the highest and lowest consp theory belief *perceived* themselves as more reflective: doi.org/10.1111/sjop...
This is what happens when pregnancy outcomes are criminalized. The charges against Patience Rousseau in Nevada were shockly cruel and ignorant. But eventually she prevailed, and her courage and tenacity are inspring.
Matt Lindauer
Matt Lindauer
prismreports.org
Behind bars, I strived to grow mentally and emotionally, but there was an absence I couldn’t fill on my own: companionship
Abstract. What is the nature of the concept beauty? Does it differ fundamentally from nearby concepts such as prettiness? It is argued here that beauty, bu
The media & political classes (left + right) tend to guess wrong about the public - who have a *much* stronger common sense consensus on civic "inclusive nativism" than most of the commentariat seem to realise
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)
Patience Rousseau’s case fits into an emerging pattern where women are criminalized – even in states where abortion is legal – by prosecutors reaching for antiquated statutes or laws never intended to...
