Bullshitology
Shane Littrell, PhD, Ana LundBullshitology explores the psychology of why we mislead and are misled. Blending cognitive science, skepticism, and snark to reveal our intellectual blind spots and help recalibrate our ability to reason.
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That's Not What Cognitive Dissonance Means: Three Psychology Terms People Consistently Misuse
Inigo Montoya from the film, The Princess Bride
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I’m sure it’ll come as no surprise to any of you that, despite its flaws, I really like psychology (and cognitive psychology is obviously the best psych...
Bullshitology Live: What BS Is, Why We Fall For It, And Why We Spread It
Apologies for being “missing in action” lately, but I had to take a month away from Substack so I could unbury myself from underneath several projects I’ve been working on. Each involves some really cool stuff that I’m excited to tell every...
The Corporate Bullshit Generator
This is just a quick note to spread the word about some recent articles I’ve posted and - more importantly, or at least more fun - to let everyone know that the Corporate BS Generator I used to create the Corporate Bullshit Receptivity (CBS...
Brown-Pilled: Why We Fall for Bullshit (even when we try not to)
What if I told you…that I’ve invented a fun, new word to add to your mental lexicon and daily conversations?
Brown-pill (ˈbrau̇n-pil), transitive verb
brown-pilled (ˈbrau̇n-pild), brown-pilling ( ˈbrau̇n-piliŋ)
- to convince...
The Science of 'Yes': How We Get Others To Do What We Want (and how they do the same to us)
I thought it might be fun this week to take a break from the usual BS (see what I did there?) and discuss other common modes of influence. I’ll go over a few basic techniques from the social influence literature as well as one or two that y...
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Cognitive psychologist. Cornell Postdoc. I study thinking and reasoning, specifically how misleading information shapes people’s beliefs, attitudes, and decisions.
A psychotherapist wanting to put neuroscience into good use. I also like to write about it.
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