Jonathan Berman
jzberman.bsky.social
Jonathan Berman
@jzberman.bsky.social
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📈Most people are interested in improving themselves, but why do they show less interest in improving moral traits? New research suggests that this is because they believe nonmoral improvements have a bigger impact on their well-being.

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November 21, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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New paper with @jzberman.bsky.social finally out!
📈Most people are interested in improving themselves, but why do they show less interest in improving moral traits? New research suggests that this is because they believe nonmoral improvements have a bigger impact on their well-being.

Read more in #PSPB: ow.ly/E6zX50XuYGh
November 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Becoming increasingly convinced that happiness peaks around age two.
September 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Life satisfaction mostly declines with age. Previous findings (esp. the famous U-shaped age-SWB trajectory) were artifacts of misspecified models. doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
September 29, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Looks like my favorite paper on the age trajectory of happiness is finally out!!! So happy for the authors. Go check it out, it’s great.
September 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
A "nationally represented sample" is often nationally represented on a small number of dimensions, and unrepresentative on a great many dimensions. It's the data equivalent of a film that is "based on a true story."
September 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Traveling to cities off season (i.e., in bad weather) is supremely underrated. Easy access to restaurants and culture, little overcrowding/fewer tourists, and cheaper transportation fares. So many benefits.
January 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
There’s a big difference between results that are surprising and results that are mundane. So much rests on latter. Not that much rests on the former.
A reviewer says to you, “your results are not surprising.”

What do you say back to them?
November 24, 2024 at 7:23 AM
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Accurate
November 13, 2024 at 10:53 AM
All newspapers should be required to replace the term “non binding pledge” with “pinky swear”.
December 13, 2023 at 1:05 PM
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1/n

Trying out Blue Sky

Would be fantastic if some former guests could retweet/whatever you call it here, so I'm not starting from scratch again

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December 4, 2023 at 3:59 PM
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I used to worry about my low confidence in my research until it struck me that I am supposed to have low confidence--that's why I am doing the research. Now I worry when I don't have that feeling.

Here's a brilliant one page essay on the theme: journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/...
November 21, 2023 at 10:55 AM
Currently resisting the urge to start every paragraph of a review by saying “And another thing!”
November 17, 2023 at 9:51 AM