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.

Sunday, August 25, 2024

Strange politics: Childless cat ladies; A terrible human being; Germaine's darts

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Distractify writes about Ann Coulter at Faux News: Ann, a childless, cruel cat lady and a fibber Few pundits have a more prominent platform...

Saturday, August 24, 2024

Inappropriate attack on an opponent or damn funny?

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Since I am on the theme of inappropriateness (as per my thread on my forum), I thought I would ask if the following video is an inappropria...

Friday, August 23, 2024

Was the 1/6 riot at the capitol an insurrection, a coup attempt or something else?

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Some people, e.g., me , saw the riot at the capitol on 1/6 as a coup attempt. Some deny that, but call it an insurrection. Others, e.g., the...

Thursday, August 22, 2024

Cognitive biology: A protocol for debiasing causal illusions in school children

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Researchers in Spain are publishing results of a large scale experiment (n = 1668) to train high school students to resist forming cause an...

Wednesday, August 21, 2024

Regarding the interplay of privilege, fairness, oppression, and social structures

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A commenter here said that I never have discussions about things like privilege, fairness, oppression, and social structures. I felt a neede...

Invitation to Sociology (re-posted)

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Politics is a complex and important aspect of humanity. Even after decades of study through various branches of science, however, our un...

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