#humanbehavior — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #humanbehavior, aggregated by home.social.
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Lost the Plot: Barcelona Woman Fakes Kidnapping to Avoid an Awkward Trip Home
A quiet street in Spain where a small moment of confusion reportedly escalated into a major incident.Dear Cherubs, sometimes the hardest journey isn’t across a city—it’s admitting you’ve no idea how to get back. In a story that feels equal parts sitcom and cautionary tale, a woman in Barcelona reportedly staged her own kidnapping after getting stranded and, frankly, not knowing how to wrap up the night.
According to Spanish media reports, the incident unfolded in the Valls area near Barcelona, where the woman contacted authorities claiming she had been abducted. It was a serious allegation, the kind that mobilizes police resources quickly. Except—plot twist—it wasn’t real.
THE PLAN THAT WASN’T
As reported by local outlets including El País, investigators soon noticed inconsistencies in her account. Details didn’t line up, timelines felt… flexible, and the supposed kidnappers remained suspiciously invisible. After further questioning, the story unraveled faster than a cheap sweater.The woman eventually admitted she had fabricated the kidnapping. Why? Because she didn’t know how to get home. Yes, that’s the whole twist. No criminal mastermind, no elaborate conspiracy—just a deeply human moment of panic that escalated into a full-blown police case.
Authorities were not amused. False reports like this are taken seriously in Spain, as they divert emergency resources and can delay responses to actual crises. The woman now reportedly faces potential legal consequences, including fines or charges related to filing a false police report.
REAL-WORLD CONSEQUENCES
This isn’t just a quirky headline—it highlights a broader issue. False emergency claims can strain public services and undermine trust. According to Spain’s Penal Code, knowingly reporting a false crime can lead to penalties ranging from fines to more serious repercussions, depending on the severity.There’s also the social angle. In the age of instant messaging, ride-hailing apps, and GPS everything, getting lost feels less like a logistical problem and more like a personal crisis. But turning that moment into a fake crime? That’s… a bold strategy.
As noted by thisclaimer.com, stories like this sit right at the intersection of “fails” and modern-day absurdity—where small personal missteps spiral into public spectacles. It’s giving: “I made a bad decision and now it’s national news.” Not ideal.
To be fair, people panic. Nights out can go sideways. Phones die, plans change, and suddenly you’re in a place that feels farther from home than it actually is. But there’s a wide gap between asking for help and inventing a kidnapping.
A softer takeaway? Maybe we need better ways to handle those “I’m stuck” moments without escalating into chaos. Call a friend. Ask for directions. Even a slightly awkward conversation beats a police investigation.
Because while this story might read like a dark comedy, the consequences are real—and not particularly funny for the people involved in cleaning up the mess.
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PsyPost: Problematic social media use is linked to how feelings of freedom relate to mental health. ” The findings indicate that while feeling free generally supports better psychological well-being, unhealthy attachments to social media tend to weaken the benefits of personal freedom but strengthen the positive effects of national pride.”
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https://www.fogolf.com/1237912/kai-trumps-life-is-nothing-like-you-think-%f0%9f%98%b3/ Kai Trump’s Life Is Nothing Like You Think 😳 #Adaptation #awareness #discipline #DonaldTrump #GrowthMindset #HumanBehavior #Kai #KaiMadisonTrump #KaiTrump #KaiMadisonTrump #KaiTrump #LeadershipMindset #LifeChallenges #LifeLessons #lifestyle #Madison #MentalStrength #Mindset #PersonalGrowth #psychology #RealLifeStories #Resilience #SecretService #SelfImprovement #SuccessMindset #trump
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PsyPost: Women perceive AI as riskier than men do, study finds. “An online survey found that women consistently perceive AI to be riskier than men. The key drivers behind this view are women’s higher general risk aversion and their greater exposure to AI-related risks.”
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We Didn’t Get Ruder—We Just Stopped Noticing Each Other: A Pagan View of Everyday Harm
Rudeness isn’t just bad manners—it’s a breakdown in how we relate to each other and the spaces we share. From everyday frustrations to deeper disconnection, this piece explores how awareness—not rules—can restore balance in modern life. -
We Didn’t Get Ruder—We Just Stopped Noticing Each Other: A Pagan View of Everyday Harm
Rudeness isn’t just bad manners—it’s a breakdown in how we relate to each other and the spaces we share. From everyday frustrations to deeper disconnection, this piece explores how awareness—not rules—can restore balance in modern life. -
We Didn’t Get Ruder—We Just Stopped Noticing Each Other: A Pagan View of Everyday Harm
Rudeness isn’t just bad manners—it’s a breakdown in how we relate to each other and the spaces we share. From everyday frustrations to deeper disconnection, this piece explores how awareness—not rules—can restore balance in modern life. -
We Didn’t Get Ruder—We Just Stopped Noticing Each Other: A Pagan View of Everyday Harm
Rudeness isn’t just bad manners—it’s a breakdown in how we relate to each other and the spaces we share. From everyday frustrations to deeper disconnection, this piece explores how awareness—not rules—can restore balance in modern life. -
We Didn’t Get Ruder—We Just Stopped Noticing Each Other: A Pagan View of Everyday Harm
Rudeness isn’t just bad manners—it’s a breakdown in how we relate to each other and the spaces we share. From everyday frustrations to deeper disconnection, this piece explores how awareness—not rules—can restore balance in modern life. -
University of Exeter: Thinking about AI can make people more critical of human decision-makers, study shows. “AI may influence public attitudes by making people more aware of the limitations of human decision-making, a new study shows. New research suggests when citizens are prompted to think about AI decision-making, they subsequently judge human decision-makers more critically.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/21/university-of-exeter-thinking-about-ai-can-make-people-more-critical-of-human-decision-makers-study-shows/ -
American Psychological Association: APA Labs launches resource to guide clinicians, health systems and the public to evidence-based digital mental health tools. “To help health care providers and users searching for digital mental health products they can trust, APA Labs has launched the Digital Badge Solutions Library, a resource of digital mental and behavioral health technologies that have […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/18/apa-apa-labs-launches-resource-to-guide-clinicians-health-systems-and-the-public-to-evidence-based-digital-mental-health-tools/ -
American Psychological Association: APA Labs launches resource to guide clinicians, health systems and the public to evidence-based digital mental health tools. “To help health care providers and users searching for digital mental health products they can trust, APA Labs has launched the Digital Badge Solutions Library, a resource of digital mental and behavioral health technologies that have […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/18/apa-apa-labs-launches-resource-to-guide-clinicians-health-systems-and-the-public-to-evidence-based-digital-mental-health-tools/ -
American Psychological Association: APA Labs launches resource to guide clinicians, health systems and the public to evidence-based digital mental health tools. “To help health care providers and users searching for digital mental health products they can trust, APA Labs has launched the Digital Badge Solutions Library, a resource of digital mental and behavioral health technologies that have […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/18/apa-apa-labs-launches-resource-to-guide-clinicians-health-systems-and-the-public-to-evidence-based-digital-mental-health-tools/ -
American Psychological Association: APA Labs launches resource to guide clinicians, health systems and the public to evidence-based digital mental health tools. “To help health care providers and users searching for digital mental health products they can trust, APA Labs has launched the Digital Badge Solutions Library, a resource of digital mental and behavioral health technologies that have […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/18/apa-apa-labs-launches-resource-to-guide-clinicians-health-systems-and-the-public-to-evidence-based-digital-mental-health-tools/ -
American Psychological Association: APA Labs launches resource to guide clinicians, health systems and the public to evidence-based digital mental health tools. “To help health care providers and users searching for digital mental health products they can trust, APA Labs has launched the Digital Badge Solutions Library, a resource of digital mental and behavioral health technologies that have […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/18/apa-apa-labs-launches-resource-to-guide-clinicians-health-systems-and-the-public-to-evidence-based-digital-mental-health-tools/ -
Gizmodo: Using Emojis at Work? You’re Not Going to Like This Study 😮. “So, crying-laughing emoji, you’re not going to believe this—but, spiral-eyes emoji, a psychological experiment has found that incorporating emojis into your workplace communiqués might be leading your peers to perceive you as incompetent. But not always: the mercurial purple devil emoji, as always, is in the details.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/17/gizmodo-using-emojis-at-work-youre-not-going-to-like-this-study-%f0%9f%98%ae/ -
“Unhappy is the land that needs a hero”*…
To the extent that evolutionary biologist and sociobiologist Robert Trivers has been in the news over the last decade, it has been for his entanglement with and highly-questionable defense of Jeffrey Epstein. But as Lionel Page reminds us, two decades before that– well before he could have known the execrable “financier”– Trivers made hugely important contributions to his field…
Steve Stewart-Williams announced… that Robert Trivers passed away.
Trivers was one of the most—perhaps the most—influential evolutionary biologists of the 20th century. His work should be much more widely known in social and behavioural sciences, in particular in economics, as Trivers’ intellectual approach is very much in line with a game theoretic understanding of social interactions.
It is hard to overstate the importance of his work. Einstein famously published four groundbreaking papers in 1905, a year often referred to as his “Annus mirabilis”, during which he revolutionised physics. Trivers might be said to have had a “Quinquennium Mirabile” for the five years between 1971 and 1976, during which he produced a series of ideas that revolutionised evolutionary biology…
[Page unpacks four of those contributions: Reciprocal Alturism, Parental Investment, Parental Offspring Conflict, and Self-Deception, each fascinating…]
… Trivers has been one of the most influential evolutionary biologists, and his papers are still worth reading today. His insights, published more than 50 years ago, are fascinating. They often align very well with economic theories of behaviour, and it is therefore regrettable that his ideas are not more well-known in economics, and in particular in behavioural economics.
A key feature of Trivers’ take across these contributions was to see that beneath the world of social interactions we observe, there are deep structures in terms of incentives that shape the game we play. Understanding these games and their structures helps us make sense of the seemingly endless complexity of human psychology and social dynamics. In several key contributions, Trivers helped lift the veil on the underlying logic of human behaviour…
From cooperation to conflict: the evolutionary grammar of social interactions: “The fascinating insights of Robert Trivers” from @lionelpage.bsky.social.
For more on Trivers and the controversies in his life (Epstein, but also the Black Panthers and a Rutgers set-to), all of which followed the burst of productivity described above, see here.
And for some thoughts on how one might reconcile appreciation for a scientist’s work with abhorence of his later sins, see “Ghosts of Science Past Still Haunt Us. We Can Put Them to Rest.“
* Bertolt Brecht (through the mouth of Galileo, in The Life of Galileo)
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As we linger over legacies, we might send material birthday greetings to a man who helped lay the groundwork for the field to which Trivers contributed, Ludwig Büchner; he was born on this date in 1824. A philosopher, physiologist, and physician, he became one of the leading exponents of 19th-century scientific materialism. Büchner was an early champion of Darwin’s theory of evolution, endorsing it within a decade of its first issuance, then did much to spread it by citing and building on it in his own books.
As far as we know, Büchner’s life was free of the scandal and conflict that plagued Trivers. He taught at the University of Tübingen and published dozens of books and papers. Later in his life he founded he “German Freethinkers League” (“Deutsche Freidenkerbund”) and served as a member of the second chamber of the Landstände of the Grand Duchy of Hesse as a representative of the German Free-minded Party from 1884 to 1890. He was the younger brother of Georg Büchner, a famous revolutionary playwright, and Luise Büchner, a women’s rights advocate; and he was the uncle of Ernst Büchner, inventor of the Büchner flask.
#culture #Darwin #evolution #evolutionaryBiology #history #humanBehavior #LudwigBüchner #LudwigBuchner #Materialism #ParentalInvestment #ParentalOffspringConflict #Psychology #ReciprocalAlturism #RobertTrivers #Science #scientificMaterialism #SelfDeception #socialDynamics #sociobiology #theoryOfEvolution -
PsyPost: AI can generate images that are just as effective at triggering human emotions as traditional photographs . “A recent study provides evidence that artificial intelligence can successfully generate customized images designed to trigger specific human emotions. The findings suggest that these computer-generated pictures work just as well as traditional photographs, while offering the […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/28/psypost-ai-can-generate-images-that-are-just-as-effective-at-triggering-human-emotions-as-traditional-photographs/ -
PsyPost: News chatbots that present multiple viewpoints tend to earn the trust of conspiracy believers. “The research provides evidence that individuals who hold strong conspiracy beliefs tend to respond well to these chatbots, viewing them as useful tools for reading diverse news. These findings point to new ways technology might help pierce information bubbles and reduce societal division by […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/23/psypost-news-chatbots-that-present-multiple-viewpoints-tend-to-earn-the-trust-of-conspiracy-believers/ -
University of British Columbia: ‘I knew it!’—Why misinformation feels so good to share, and what to do about it. “Wes Regan, a PhD candidate and researcher in UBC’s school of community and regional planning, studies polarization, emotion and public decision-making. His work examines how and why misinformation spreads, particularly around urban planning and public policy.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/17/university-of-british-columbia-i-knew-it-why-misinformation-feels-so-good-to-share-and-what-to-do-about-it/ -
University of British Columbia: ‘I knew it!’—Why misinformation feels so good to share, and what to do about it. “Wes Regan, a PhD candidate and researcher in UBC’s school of community and regional planning, studies polarization, emotion and public decision-making. His work examines how and why misinformation spreads, particularly around urban planning and public policy.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/17/university-of-british-columbia-i-knew-it-why-misinformation-feels-so-good-to-share-and-what-to-do-about-it/ -
University of British Columbia: ‘I knew it!’—Why misinformation feels so good to share, and what to do about it. “Wes Regan, a PhD candidate and researcher in UBC’s school of community and regional planning, studies polarization, emotion and public decision-making. His work examines how and why misinformation spreads, particularly around urban planning and public policy.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/17/university-of-british-columbia-i-knew-it-why-misinformation-feels-so-good-to-share-and-what-to-do-about-it/ -
University of British Columbia: ‘I knew it!’—Why misinformation feels so good to share, and what to do about it. “Wes Regan, a PhD candidate and researcher in UBC’s school of community and regional planning, studies polarization, emotion and public decision-making. His work examines how and why misinformation spreads, particularly around urban planning and public policy.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/17/university-of-british-columbia-i-knew-it-why-misinformation-feels-so-good-to-share-and-what-to-do-about-it/ -
University of British Columbia: ‘I knew it!’—Why misinformation feels so good to share, and what to do about it. “Wes Regan, a PhD candidate and researcher in UBC’s school of community and regional planning, studies polarization, emotion and public decision-making. His work examines how and why misinformation spreads, particularly around urban planning and public policy.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/17/university-of-british-columbia-i-knew-it-why-misinformation-feels-so-good-to-share-and-what-to-do-about-it/ -
I am pleased to release my first video from a past body of work. This video is the culmination of naturalistic observation, identifying five primary interaction types that govern social architecture.
In this video, the Parallel Passivity Type is discussed.
#socialinteraction #shyness #flirting #friendzone #behavioralpsychology #humanbehavior https://youtu.be/ojc6gH3X3fc -
#newsong2026 #newsongrelease #newmusic #palestine #PalestineWillBeFree #Palestinians #PalestinianLivesMatter #Gaza #GazaGenocide #GazaUnderAttack #GazaNation #GazaPalestine #justice #HRW #humanity #HumanityFirst #humanrights #humanbehavior #politics #PoliticalDebate #peace #warzone #GazaSystematicsStarvation #GazaStarving #GazaStrikes #gazasupport #protest #protestant #protestsong #protesters
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This video presents Echoes of Gaza as a visual and musical tribute to resilience, memory, and the universal call for dignity and peace.
#newsong2026 #newsongrelease #newmusic #palestine #PalestineWillBeFree #Palestinian #PalestinianLivesMatter #Gaza #GazaGenocide #GazaUnderAttack #GazaNation #GazaPalestine #justice #HRW #humanity #HumanityFirst #humanrights #humanbehavior #politics #GazaSystematicsStarvation #GazaStarving #GazaStrikes #gazasupport
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Happiness expert explains why 'imposter syndrome' is a good thing and how to lean into it
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/arthur-brooks-lean-into-imposter-syndrome
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Stubborn beliefs collapse logic, not the other way around.
#CriticalThinking #RealityCheck #TruthReport #NewsPerspective #FactVsBelief #MindsetShift #DailyInsight #HardTruths #RealTalkDaily #AwarenessIsPower #DeepThoughts #WordsThatMatter #StayLogical #ThoughtOfTheDay #CognitiveBias #ReasonOverEgo #WakeUpCall #WisdomDaily #HumanBehavior #NewsPage
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#52booksin52weeks Spans More than a Decade by Issac Asimov #empire #historicalcycles #psychohistory #fate #freewill #SoftPower #humanbehavior #sciencefiction #classicscifi #EpicSciFi #asimov #IsaacAsimov #bookstagram #booktok #booksky #ttrpgpodcast #gamemastersbookclub https://www.k-squareproductions.com/gmbc
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You’re having lunch with your friend. They have unknowingly allowed a bit of the sauce to escape down the corner of their mouth, on their right side.
(As much as you may want to saunter over and gently lick the sauce off their face, this isn’t that kind of restaurant, and they aren’t that kind of friend. Sorry, where was I?)
Oh! You decide to say a few words & reach up to your own mouth, to demonstrate the sauce’s current location. Do you reach for …?
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You’re having lunch with your friend. They have unknowingly allowed a bit of the sauce to escape down the corner of their mouth, on their right side.
(As much as you may want to saunter over and gently lick the sauce off their face, this isn’t that kind of restaurant, and they aren’t that kind of friend. Sorry, where was I?)
Oh! You decide to say a few words & reach up to your own mouth, to demonstrate the sauce’s current location. Do you reach for …?
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You’re having lunch with your friend. They have unknowingly allowed a bit of the sauce to escape down the corner of their mouth, on their right side.
(As much as you may want to saunter over and gently lick the sauce off their face, this isn’t that kind of restaurant, and they aren’t that kind of friend. Sorry, where was I?)
Oh! You decide to say a few words & reach up to your own mouth, to demonstrate the sauce’s current location. Do you reach for …?
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You’re having lunch with your friend. They have unknowingly allowed a bit of the sauce to escape down the corner of their mouth, on their right side.
(As much as you may want to saunter over and gently lick the sauce off their face, this isn’t that kind of restaurant, and they aren’t that kind of friend. Sorry, where was I?)
Oh! You decide to say a few words & reach up to your own mouth, to demonstrate the sauce’s current location. Do you reach for …?
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You’re having lunch with your friend. They have unknowingly allowed a bit of the sauce to escape down the corner of their mouth, on their right side.
(As much as you may want to saunter over and gently lick the sauce off their face, this isn’t that kind of restaurant, and they aren’t that kind of friend. Sorry, where was I?)
Oh! You decide to say a few words & reach up to your own mouth, to demonstrate the sauce’s current location. Do you reach for …?
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Not all control looks aggressive. Sometimes dominance hides in silence, guilt, or emotional dependence. Awareness restores balance without force.
#PowerDynamics #RelationshipPsychology #DarkPsychology #SelfTrust #MentalClarity #EmotionalIntelligence #HumanBehavior #PersonalGrowth
https://thedigitalcove.blog/2026/01/18/power-and-dominance-in-relationships-psychology-explained/
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Not all control looks aggressive. Sometimes dominance hides in silence, guilt, or emotional dependence. Awareness restores balance without force.
#PowerDynamics #RelationshipPsychology #DarkPsychology #SelfTrust #MentalClarity #EmotionalIntelligence #HumanBehavior #PersonalGrowth
https://thedigitalcove.blog/2026/01/18/power-and-dominance-in-relationships-psychology-explained/
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Manipulation doesn’t always look cruel. Sometimes it looks like guilt, fear, silence, or confusion. Awareness isn’t about hardening—it’s about clarity.
#EmotionalManipulation #Psychology #SelfTrust #MentalClarity #DarkPsychology #HumanBehavior #EmotionalIntelligence #PersonalGrowth
https://thedigitalcove.blog/2026/01/18/emotional-manipulation-tactics-psychology-awareness-guide/
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Manipulation doesn’t always look aggressive. Often, it looks confusing, subtle, and personal. Awareness isn’t about fear—it’s about clarity.
#DarkPsychology #ManipulationAwareness #Psychology #SelfTrust #MentalClarity #HumanBehavior #EmotionalIntelligence #PersonalGrowth
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University of Southern California: Can we prevent AI from acting like a sociopath?. “Large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI’s ChatGPT sometimes suggest courses of action or spout rhetoric in conversation that many users would consider amoral or downright psychopathic. … Even more alarming, such behavior is frequently spontaneous. LLMs can suddenly take on sociopathic traits for no clear […]
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If Nobody Was Watching, Would You Still Make the Same Choices?
https://wp.me/p84YjG-acw
#SelfAwareness #choices
#PeoplePleasing #awareness
#PersonalIdentity
#LivingForYourself
#MentalClarity
#LifeChoices
#HumanBehavior #zsoltzsembahttps://zsoltzsemba.com/if-nobody-was-watching-would-you-still-make-the-same-choices/
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Much of human behavior isn’t chosen—it’s learned. Social conditioning shapes beliefs, habits, and identity long before awareness kicks in. Understanding it gives you your choices back.
#Psychology #SocialConditioning #HumanBehavior #SelfAwareness #Mindset #PersonalGrowth #MentalClarity #IndependentThinking
https://thedigitalcove.blog/2026/01/14/how-environment-shapes-human-behavior/
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Lack of understanding often disguises itself as criticism.
#SocialObservation #RealityCheck #HumanBehavior #NewsPerspective #TruthReport #MindsetShift #DailyInsight #RealTalkDaily #AwarenessIsPower #LifeLessons #DeepThoughts #WordsThatMatter #StayGrounded #ThoughtOfTheDay #SilenceIsPower #WisdomDaily #WakeUpCall #NoiseVsKnowledge #MentalClarity #NewsPage
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Harvard: Why are older adults more likely to share misinformation online?. “Older adults tend to do well at identifying falsehoods in experiments, but they’re also likelier than younger adults to like and share misinformation online. That paradox was at the heart of a recent lecture as part of the Misinformation Speaker Series at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.”
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ZDNet: Being rude to ChatGPT changes you – and maybe even your relationships. “From Alexa to ChatGPT, our interactions with AI are reshaping communication norms. Here’s why how we talk to machines can affect real human relationships.” And THIS is why I always say please and thank you to chatbots.
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/01/06/zdnet-being-rude-to-chatgpt-changes-you-and-maybe-even-your-relationships/ -
Boundaries are often mistaken for disrespect.
#RespectIsMutual #BoundariesMatter #SocialReality #NewsPerspective #RealityCheck #TruthReport #MindsetShift #RealTalkDaily #LifeLessons #AwarenessIsPower #DeepThoughts #WordsThatMatter #StayGrounded #HealthyBoundaries #ThoughtOfTheDay #WakeUpCall #ModernValues #HumanBehavior #SpeakWithRespect #NewsPage
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https://www.storyangles.com/post/human-behavior
Human Behavior.
Why We Do What We Do.
Theories and Influences That Shape Our Decisions.#humanbehavior #behavior #StoryAngles #Science #productivity #humanity #life #sociology
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NBC News: AI chatbots used inaccurate information to change people’s political opinions, study finds. “But the study also said that the persuasiveness of AI chatbots wasn’t entirely on the up-and-up: Within the reams of information the chatbots provided as answers, researchers wrote that they discovered many inaccurate assertions.”
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Ah yes, the groundbreaking revelation that baby brains come with factory settings! Because we all needed a study to tell us that humans aren't born as blank slates 😏🧠. Next up: Water is wet! 🌊🔍
https://news.ucsc.edu/2025/11/sharf-preconfigured-brain/ #babybrains #factorysettings #humanbehavior #studyreveals #commonknowledge #wateriswet #HackerNews #ngated
