Casey Lewry
@caseylewry.bsky.social
PhD student at Princeton studying causal reasoning, moral judgments, and learning
lewry.princeton.edu
lewry.princeton.edu
Reposted by Casey Lewry
Across 9 experiments (+6600 participants), we explored a paradox: How do non-experts judge scientific explanations they can’t fully understand? We found that scientific jargon can increase people’s satisfaction with explanations, even though it makes them less comprehensible.
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June 12, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Across 9 experiments (+6600 participants), we explored a paradox: How do non-experts judge scientific explanations they can’t fully understand? We found that scientific jargon can increase people’s satisfaction with explanations, even though it makes them less comprehensible.
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Reposted by Casey Lewry
A special thanks to @tanialombrozo.bsky.social, my advisor, without whom this wouldn't be possible, for all the guidance and all she taught me!
And shout-out to my lab mates @keremoktar.bsky.social @caseylewry.bsky.social
Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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And shout-out to my lab mates @keremoktar.bsky.social @caseylewry.bsky.social
Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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How laypeople evaluate scientific explanations containing jargon - Nature Human Behaviour
Cruz and Lombrozo examine how laypeople make sense of scientific explanations and find that although jargon reduces understanding, for short explanations, jargon makes the explanation more satisfying.
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June 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
A special thanks to @tanialombrozo.bsky.social, my advisor, without whom this wouldn't be possible, for all the guidance and all she taught me!
And shout-out to my lab mates @keremoktar.bsky.social @caseylewry.bsky.social
Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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And shout-out to my lab mates @keremoktar.bsky.social @caseylewry.bsky.social
Read more here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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May 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Thanks for having me and for all the great feedback! Still thinking about the retrospective moral-causal distinction :)
May 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Thanks for having me and for all the great feedback! Still thinking about the retrospective moral-causal distinction :)
Reposted by Casey Lewry
Related work: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Lay Theories of Moral Progress
Many consider the world to be morally better today than it was in the past and expect moral improvement to continue. How do people explain what drives this change? In this paper, we identify two ways...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 12, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Related work: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...