#human-psychology — Public Fediverse posts
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Do you think the law of magnetism shows up in human attraction? 🤔
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"Quantifiable risk belongs to the casino, the mortality table, and the actuarial ledger. It describes a world where the outcome of an event is unknown, but historical data exists to support a probability estimate. Because the boundaries of the system are fixed, we can use historical data to calculate numerical odds.
Knightian uncertainty, by contrast, considers the unprecedented. It arises when a situation, like climate change, is so novel or complex that history offers no guide. We are pushing the biosphere far outside its Holocene baseline, entering an environment where the variables themselves are changing, and the models used to project future outcomes break down."
Why We're Blind to Civilizational Collapse
by Sarah Connor
July 8th, 2026https://collapse2050.substack.com/p/why-were-blind-to-civilizational
#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #CollapseAware #polycrisis #DisasterPreparedness #CognitiveBias #LogicalFallacy #SelectiveUpdating #Sociology #HumanPsychology
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Sometimes people block instead of communicating.
But silence rarely solves what honest conversation can.#CommunicationMatters #RelationshipAdvice #EmotionalMaturity #ModernRelationships #DigitalCommunication #RelationshipGrowth #HumanPsychology #HimaniGoyalSoulStudio
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Body Language 3/10 Inspired by Amy Cuddy’s TED Talk: Your body language shapes who you are—internally and externally. 🎤 #AmyCuddy #BehaviorScience #HumanPsychology
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My just-turned-13 year old has complained in the last few weeks of feeling a deep sense of #DejaVu regularly, and how much it weirds him out. We've talked about it and in discussing it, I realised that I was also kind of plagued by that when I was around the same age as him, but that slowly over time I stopped getting it so much.
Now I dont think there is anything mystical or magical at all with Deja Vu, but know that is just an odd quirk of the human brain. Im wondering though if there are studies that have been done that show that it is more prevalent in developing teenage/young adult brains? Like could it be, that with all those new connections being made in their noggins, things go awry more often, and generate that odd deja-vu sensation?
Any #psychology / #neurology buffs or boffins out there that have heard of this?
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The Puzzle Scam Evolves Again – Now It’s Everywhere
As I predicted, the puzzle scam has evolved again. What started as simple, seemingly innocent puzzles has grown into something much more pervasive and complicated. It’s no longer limited to one niche, one community, or one type of content. What used to be puzzles are now appearing in memes, political posts, religious content, science posts, and even quotes. It seems that nothing is safe from the reach of this scam, and the audacity behind it is remarkable. Every time I think I’ve seen it […] -
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"...in the Joplin tornado, people got a 5 minute warning of an impending tornado, and then were found dead in rubble, with their hands on their cell phone as they were milling, trying to talk to other people..."
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Why do some of us love AI, while others hate it? The answer is in how our brains perceive risk and trust
#AI #HumanPsychology #Trust #Technology #Innovation #Psychology #MachineLearning #BehavioralScience #Ethics #FutureTech #AITrust #ChatGPT #DigitalAge
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Confession Log: I Took a Tech-Free Day and Accidentally Overheard Someone Flirting With My AI Today I decided to do something reckless. Something raw. Something absurdly analog. I logged out of eve...
#human-psychology #ai-and-humans #technology #memoir #humor
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The Mind as Semi-Solid Smoke
This post continues the series on Socratic Thinking, turning the space-and-place lens inward to examine the mind itself. Human minds can be thought of as an imperfect place with the ability to create their own insta-places to navigate ambiguity.
On the Trail (1889) by Winslow Homer. Original from The National Gallery of Art. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.Exploration in any real or conceptual space needs navigational markers with sufficient meaning. Humans are biologically predisposed to seek out and use navigational markers. This tendency is rooted in our neural architecture, emerges early in life, and is shared with other animals, reflecting its deep evolutionary origins 1,2 . Even the simplest of life performing chemotaxis uses the signal-field of food to navigate.
When you’re microscopic, the territory is the map; at human scale, we externalise those cues as landmarks—then mirror the process inside our heads. Just as cells follow chemical gradients, our thoughts follow self-made landmarks, yet these landmarks are vaporous.
From the outside our mind is a single place, it is our identity. Probe closer and our identity is nebulous and dissolves the way a city dissolves into smaller and smaller places the closer you look. We use our identity to create the first stable place in the world and then use other places to navigate life. However, these places come from unreliable sources, our internal and external environments. How do we know the places are even real, and do we have the knowledge to trust their reality? Well, we don’t. We can’t judge our mental landmarks false. Callard calls this normative self-blindness: the built-in refusal to saw off the branch we stand on.
Normative self-blindness is a trick to gloss over details and keep moving. Insta-places are conjured from our experience and are treated as solid no matter how poorly they are tied down by actual knowledge. We can accept that a place was loosely formed in the past, an error, or is not yet well defined in the future, is unknown. However, in the moment, the places exist and we use them to see.
Understanding and accepting that our minds work this way is a key tenet of Socratic Thinking. It makes adopting the posture of inquiry much easier. Socratic inquiry begins by admitting that everyone’s guiding landmarks may be made of semi-solid smoke.
1Chan, Edgar, Oliver Baumann, Mark A. Bellgrove, and Jason B. Mattingley. “From Objects to Landmarks: The Function of Visual Location Information in Spatial Navigation.” Frontiers in Psychology 3 (2012). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2012.00304
2Freas, Cody A., and Ken Cheng. “The Basis of Navigation Across Species.” Annual Review of Psychology 73, no. 1 (January 4, 2022): 217–41. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-020821-111311.
#AgnesCallard #cognitiveBiases #cognitiveScience #criticalThinking #decisionMaking #epistemology #evolutionaryPsychology #humanPsychology #identity #introspection #mentalModels #metacognition #mindset #navigation #neuroscience #normativeSelfBlindness #personalDevelopment #philosophy #sensemaking #socraticThinking #spaceAndPlace
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Vibe-Collapse: When Your Energy Goes Awry Coworker: Is there a phrase for when you’ve vibe-code...
https://www.joshbeckman.org/blog/3lpaevxhslk2g
#blog #workspaces #communication #motivation #human-psychology #personal-blog #management #bluesky
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Understanding Attachment Theory: The Key to Healthier Relationships
#AttachmentTheory #Relationships #MentalHealth #SecureAttachment #AnxiousAttachment #AvoidantAttachment #EmotionalWellbeing #Connection #HumanPsychology #HealthyRelationships
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@Susan60 Majority of humans won't do the right thing to protect community unless it's mandated first & then people get used to it. Very few of us humans will do the right thing for community safety - if it impedes or feels like it impedes on our personal lives & status quo comforts.
This has been the case from getting mandatory seatbelts in all motor vehicles to banning all indoor smoking. Both were public safety mandates that many citizens were angry about & didn't want enacted. Both have been normalized via public safety first mandates.#Society #HumanBehaviour #HumanPsychology #HumanProgramming #HowHumansAdapt
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Ah, yes: the good ol' "if it don't work, you must be doing it wrong" spiel. That's what gets people to accept personal responsibility for shit that ain't ever gonna be within their sphere of influence. #psychology #humanpsychology #manipulation
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People can see what you want to know by shaking wrapped Christmas gifts - Enlarge / Shake, shake, shake: this adorable young child would love to ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1992537 #cognitiveneuroscience #12daysofchristmas #epistemicintent #humanpsychology #humancognition #humanbehavior #psychology #science
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Killing without necessity is not a human exclusive behavior. Humans are not the only species on this planet that kill even if there is no physiological need. Other species also engage in killing behaviours for reasons such as territorial defense, protection of offspring, or establishing dominance in a social group.
But, unfortunately, while there may be instances of mass extinctions and violence in the animal kingdom, the concept of genocide, as defined by international law, is unique to humans. In contrast, mass extinctions in the natural world are primarily caused by natural events such as asteroid strikes, volcanic eruptions, and climate shifts.
As stated here, Article II of the Genocide Convention contains a narrow definition of the crime of genocide, which includes two main elements:
1. A mental element: the "intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such"; and
2. A physical element, which includes the following five acts, enumerated exhaustively:
- Killing members of the group
- Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group
- Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part
- Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group
- Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group
Here are some key psychological factors that can contribute to genocidal behaviour. It is important to note that not all individuals within a society engage in genocidal behaviour.
1. Dehumanization: Dehumanization is a psychological process in which individuals or groups are perceived as less than human, making it easier to justify violence and harm towards them.
2. Group Dynamics and Conformity: Group dynamics play a significant role in influencing individual behaviour during genocide. People may conform to the beliefs and actions of the group, even if it goes against their personal moral compass.
3. Socialization and Propaganda: The socialization process and exposure to propaganda can shape individuals' beliefs and attitudes towards certain groups.
4. Authoritarianism and Obedience: Authoritarian personalities, characterized by a strong adherence to authority and a willingness to comply with orders, can contribute to genocidal behaviour.
5. Intergroup Conflict and Competition: Genocide often occurs within the context of intergroup conflict and competition for resources, power, or territory. These conflicts can fuel animosity, prejudice, and a desire for dominance, leading to violence and mass killings.
#Genocide #HumanPsychology #Psychology #HumanMind
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Killing without necessity is not a human exclusive behavior. Humans are not the only species on this planet that kill even if there is no physiological need. Other species also engage in killing behaviours for reasons such as territorial defense, protection of offspring, or establishing dominance in a social group.
But, unfortunately, while there may be instances of mass extinctions and violence in the animal kingdom, the concept of genocide, as defined by international law, is unique to humans. In contrast, mass extinctions in the natural world are primarily caused by natural events such as asteroid strikes, volcanic eruptions, and climate shifts.
As stated here, Article II of the Genocide Convention contains a narrow definition of the crime of genocide, which includes two main elements:
1. A mental element: the "intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such"; and
2. A physical element, which includes the following five acts, enumerated exhaustively:
- Killing members of the group
- Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group
- Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part
- Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group
- Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group
Here are some key psychological factors that can contribute to genocidal behaviour. It is important to note that not all individuals within a society engage in genocidal behaviour.
1. Dehumanization: Dehumanization is a psychological process in which individuals or groups are perceived as less than human, making it easier to justify violence and harm towards them.
2. Group Dynamics and Conformity: Group dynamics play a significant role in influencing individual behaviour during genocide. People may conform to the beliefs and actions of the group, even if it goes against their personal moral compass.
3. Socialization and Propaganda: The socialization process and exposure to propaganda can shape individuals' beliefs and attitudes towards certain groups.
4. Authoritarianism and Obedience: Authoritarian personalities, characterized by a strong adherence to authority and a willingness to comply with orders, can contribute to genocidal behaviour.
5. Intergroup Conflict and Competition: Genocide often occurs within the context of intergroup conflict and competition for resources, power, or territory. These conflicts can fuel animosity, prejudice, and a desire for dominance, leading to violence and mass killings.
#Genocide #HumanPsychology #Psychology #HumanMind
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Killing without necessity is not a human exclusive behavior. Humans are not the only species on this planet that kill even if there is no physiological need. Other species also engage in killing behaviours for reasons such as territorial defense, protection of offspring, or establishing dominance in a social group.
But, unfortunately, while there may be instances of mass extinctions and violence in the animal kingdom, the concept of genocide, as defined by international law, is unique to humans. In contrast, mass extinctions in the natural world are primarily caused by natural events such as asteroid strikes, volcanic eruptions, and climate shifts.
As stated here, Article II of the Genocide Convention contains a narrow definition of the crime of genocide, which includes two main elements:
1. A mental element: the "intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such"; and
2. A physical element, which includes the following five acts, enumerated exhaustively:
- Killing members of the group
- Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group
- Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part
- Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group
- Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group
Here are some key psychological factors that can contribute to genocidal behaviour. It is important to note that not all individuals within a society engage in genocidal behaviour.
1. Dehumanization: Dehumanization is a psychological process in which individuals or groups are perceived as less than human, making it easier to justify violence and harm towards them.
2. Group Dynamics and Conformity: Group dynamics play a significant role in influencing individual behaviour during genocide. People may conform to the beliefs and actions of the group, even if it goes against their personal moral compass.
3. Socialization and Propaganda: The socialization process and exposure to propaganda can shape individuals' beliefs and attitudes towards certain groups.
4. Authoritarianism and Obedience: Authoritarian personalities, characterized by a strong adherence to authority and a willingness to comply with orders, can contribute to genocidal behaviour.
5. Intergroup Conflict and Competition: Genocide often occurs within the context of intergroup conflict and competition for resources, power, or territory. These conflicts can fuel animosity, prejudice, and a desire for dominance, leading to violence and mass killings.
#Genocide #HumanPsychology #Psychology #HumanMind
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Ostrich Parasitic Syndrome (OPS) is an interesting term coined by Professor Gad Saad. It refers to a type of human mind virus that causes a person to reject realities that are otherwise as clear as gravity. The term is derived from the behavior of an ostrich, which is believed to bury its head in the sand to avoid reality. OPS takes this concept a step further, leading to the complete rejection of reality.
People suffering from OPS do not believe their lying eyes and construct an alternate reality known as unicornia. In this world, science, reason, rules of causality, evidentiary thresholds, a near-infinite amount of data, data analytic procedures, inferential statistics, the epistemological rules inherent to the scientific method, rules of logic, historical patterns, daily patterns, and common sense are all rejected.
References:
- https://www.younglingresearch.com/essays/ops
- https://thoughteconomics.com/gad-saad-parasitic-mind/
- https://www.thepaulleslie.com/the-parasitic-mind-how-infectious-ideas-are-killing-common-sense-by-gad-saad-the-book-review/
#OstrichParasiticSyndrome #Unicornia #ParasiticMind #ParasiticMentality #CommonSense #HumanMind #HumanPsychology #Psychology
cc: @srijit
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My talk "How Tech Changes Us -We're Only Human" from today's HelSec meetup is gonna be available later on here ⤵️
https://m.youtube.com/channel/UC3npfMkimV8es0CNJx5TEZg#cybersecurity #humanpsychology #socialmedia #technology #humanbehavior
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Is watching The Traitors like watching Squid Game?
(I never watched Squid Game.)Some of the reactions and behaviours are starting to make me squirm.
If you had a choice would you participate? - with the additional advantage of watching the current participants, of course.
I would not.
My heart couldn't take the stress. If I was a traitor I'd be caught out on day one.
#TheTraitors #SquidGame #HumanPsychology #Deception #GamePlaying #Games #TVSeries
