Prestige bias is a major problem in academia: success in academia leads to other unfair advantages.
Prestige bias is bigger in fields that are less scientific (eg., art, history). Fields where claims are more testable have lower prestige markers (eg math, physics). kurtishingl.com/files/PTTS_l...
This website visualizes social media as a room with 100 people
3 people are producing most toxic content
Most people assume 43 are producing toxic content, because these 3 are hyperactive and amplified by engagement based algorithms.
The other 97 quiet voices disappear
thenoisyroom.com
Ouch.
Jay Van Bavel, PhD
Jay Van Bavel, PhD
📄 New paper: people choose AI models partly on political grounds
This is joint work with @pettertornberg.com @chrisbail.bsky.social @michelleschimmel.bsky.social and led by @michaelheseltine.bsky.social
I can't think of many better causes right now than supporting science education for kids like the Tumble Science Podcast: givebutter.com/JokeHaThon2026
New job in computational social science: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...
Join us tomorrow (April 2nd) for Tech for Open Minds-- a conference at Duke's Fuqua School of Business. Registration is not required, we will accommodate as many people as our room allows! sicss.io/tom
Proposal would “dissolve the social and behavioral sciences at NSF”: Massive budget cuts for US science proposed again by Trump administration www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Interested in whether technology can be leveraged to increase open-mindedness? There are a limited number of spots available to the public for our Tech for Open Minds conference next Thursday (April 2nd), we will accommodate all up to room capacity! Learn more here: sicss.io/tom
Near the top of my list of book's I'm looking forward to reading this year is Disagree Better, by the great Julia Minson! disagreeingbetter.com/order/the-book
Department of Building and Environmental Technology at Lund University, Faculty of Engineering invites applications for a position as Assistant Professor. We are currently seeking a promising early
Harvard behavioral scientist Julia Minson reveals why persuasion backfires, and the counterintuitive approach that actually gets you what you want while improving your decisions and strengthening…
