The way the Minneapolis Police first described George Floyd’s murder — “Man Dies After Medical Incident During Police Interaction” — didn’t mention that an officer held his knee on George Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes. It did mention that Floyd physically resisted officers, a detail which former officer Derek Chauvin’s More
On May 21, APS convened a panel of experts on policing and racism. Here is a video and transcript of that event. More
… Recognize that your biological hardware isn’t exactly setting you up for success. I have bad news for you about your brain: you don’t fully know what it’s up to. That might sound ridiculous. But in fact, there are tons of things that your brain does without your conscious control, everything More
It would be hard to find a scientific field that has enjoyed as much mainstream success in the 21st century as social psychology. Social psychologists dominate the TED Talk stage, rack up impressive contracts as consultants to schools and companies, and write book after bestselling book. Their most viral ideas More
Human beings are simplifiers. We are cognitive misers, exerting the least amount of mental effort that we can in making decisions. We rely on heuristics, or mental shortcuts, to take the fastest route from A to B. And we are categorizers. The tendency to conceive of the world around us More
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