Rob Ross
@robert-m-ross.bsky.social
Cultural evolution, delusions, metascience, misinformation, reasoning, and religion. Macquarie University, Sydney. (Google Scholar: https://tinyurl.com/5f2udu5p)
I haven't read closely, so don't have strong opinions on who is correct, but Kelly has an earlier paper disputing Dawson (1999): www.doi.org/10.1558/ijsn...
Failed Prophecies Are Fatal
| International Journal for the Study of New Religions
www.doi.org
November 6, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I haven't read closely, so don't have strong opinions on who is correct, but Kelly has an earlier paper disputing Dawson (1999): www.doi.org/10.1558/ijsn...
Genuine question: What do you think are the most compelling studies providing evidence for cognitive dissonance?
November 6, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Genuine question: What do you think are the most compelling studies providing evidence for cognitive dissonance?
Article is open access 🙂 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
August 1, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Article is open access 🙂 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Wendy Higgins recently joined BlueSky (@wchiggins.bsky.social) and was awarded her PhD! Follow her for more cutting edge developments in psychological measurement, including measurement of ToM 🙂
April 24, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Wendy Higgins recently joined BlueSky (@wchiggins.bsky.social) and was awarded her PhD! Follow her for more cutting edge developments in psychological measurement, including measurement of ToM 🙂
For the full story see this summary by the leader of the research project @willgervais.com
bsky.app/profile/will...
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🚨New Paper Klaxon 🚨
Belief in Belief: Even Atheists in Secular Countries Show Intuitive Preferences Favoring Religious Belief.
Now out at PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Here's a quick 🧵 on what we did and found!👇
1/ 11
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#atheism
#religion
#culture
#evolution
Belief in Belief: Even Atheists in Secular Countries Show Intuitive Preferences Favoring Religious Belief.
Now out at PNAS
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Here's a quick 🧵 on what we did and found!👇
1/ 11
🧪
#atheism
#religion
#culture
#evolution
Belief in belief: Even atheists in secular countries show intuitive preferences favoring religious belief | PNAS
We find evidence of belief in belief—intuitive preferences for religious belief over
atheism, even among atheist participants—across eight comparat...
www.pnas.org
April 18, 2025 at 4:54 AM
For the full story see this summary by the leader of the research project @willgervais.com
bsky.app/profile/will...
bsky.app/profile/will...
Thanks. You're right! I failed to notice these stats on the researcher profile. I agree that this is much less neat (and useful) than publons was -- all this blah (which duplicates Google Scholar profiles and the Pure blah) detracts from the single piece of information that is very useful. Sigh.
April 10, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Thanks. You're right! I failed to notice these stats on the researcher profile. I agree that this is much less neat (and useful) than publons was -- all this blah (which duplicates Google Scholar profiles and the Pure blah) detracts from the single piece of information that is very useful. Sigh.
If it's totally dead I guess it's a "failed attempt" to reward peer review?
April 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
If it's totally dead I guess it's a "failed attempt" to reward peer review?
Thanks! Lion's share of the credit for this work goes to Wendy Higgins!
April 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Thanks! Lion's share of the credit for this work goes to Wendy Higgins!
Encourage your students to take up the baton and examine more social cognitive measures please 🙂
April 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Encourage your students to take up the baton and examine more social cognitive measures please 🙂