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Gordon Hodson
@gordonhodsonphd.bsky.social
BIAS Lab director studying prejudice, discrimination, dehumanization, speciesism, intergroup contact, generalized prejudice. Confirmed Boffin. #PrejudiceResearch #WhyWeLoveAndExploitAnimals (does not online-bicker).
I think some people need to see this today.

You know who you are.
November 10, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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Yeah, the stuff they teach you in school is useless. You know best, right??
November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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When your PhD advisor suggests adding Experiment 17 to truly nail down that already-nailed-down effect
November 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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Reviewer #2 at his day job
November 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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New study out on values & cognitive biases (self-serving biases; halo effects)

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
November 7, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"But if I'm UNPLUGGED, I might miss something"
November 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Yesterday in class, I talked about HARKING (hypothesizing after results are known).

Next....

I brought a little dollar-store bow and arrow (suction cups), to do a demonstration of this idea 👇
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Something tells me Calvin's dad works for an academic publisher
November 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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NEVER name your file "final.doc".

It angers the gods; they then seek to teach you a lesson
November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
November 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Sometimes I wonder if the "mad scientist" trope was a deliberate attempt to undermine knowledge
October 31, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Imagine a professional organization having to ask its own government to dial back the prejudice bc of its real impact.

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
October 30, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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University grades up (⬆️)

Student performance down (⬇️)

www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

This ought to really concern you, whether you're student, prof, parent, or member of society.
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Me, when Editor indicates he/she will accept a revised manuscript... but says it's unlikely to be accepted.

Challenge on.
October 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
October 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
October 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
.... as a function of whether they endorsed Cavalier Humour Beliefs (CHBs), or dismissed jokes as "just jokes"

At JESP: doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
October 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
by: @redpenblackpen.bsky.social

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(meant to be light-hearted, not literal. We need you to say yes sometimes!)
October 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Wow, how's that for transparency?
October 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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New study

Democrats & Republicans each moving from the centre. Looks like Republicans did so earlier, Democrats have caught up

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
October 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Congrats to all the new SPSP Fellows!

(special shoutout to collaborator @mocraig.bsky.social)

See me BIRGING there? You gotta, right?
October 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Lots in the news about whether jokes are "just jokes"

If you're looking for some science on this 👇

psycnet.apa.org/record/2010-...

(punchline: humour can provide cover & thus release group dominance motives, prejudice etc.)
October 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Writing your PhD proposal
October 21, 2025 at 12:57 PM
This
October 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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In that paper we DIDN'T find within-person changes across different longitudinal intervals (daily, weekly, monthly)

But there we *suggested* that major events, or what we now call "ruptures", might better induce detectable within-person changes (see 👇)
October 17, 2025 at 1:46 PM