Dissident Politics

Pragmatic politics focused on the public interest for those uncomfortable with America's two-party system and its way of doing politics. Considering the interface of politics with psychology, cognitive science, social behavior, morality and history.

Saturday, February 27, 2016

How to fix a broken society

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American society is broken in terms of politics. Fortunately, it doesn't have to be so broken like it is now. America can do lots bett...

Saturday, February 13, 2016

Can a society be 50% rational about politics?

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In his 2012 book, The Righteous Mind : Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion , social scientist Johnathan Haidt touched on th...

Friday, February 12, 2016

The cognitive biology of empathy and war

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An NPR affiliate, KBPS, broadcast this interview on February 10, 2016 with a cognitive neuroscientist who is working on understanding what ...

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Objective politics: A short definition

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American politics is mostly subjective and personal to the individual. Both facts and logic are personal too. That's why disagreements b...

Monday, February 8, 2016

Is evidence-based politics possible?

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If one asks conservatives, liberals and others if their personal politics and policy choices are mostly rational and evidence-based, most (m...

Sunday, February 7, 2016

Fear and fairness: Impediments to knowledge

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Most issues in politics are more complicated than most partisans think. It is usually hard to know enough to make a truly informed decisi...

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