Remarkably few doctoral program graduates obtain the tenure-track university posts to which most aspire. I often envied the Ph.D. computer scientists working at tech companies…
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Donald Trump’s town hall marked a ratings high for CNN, but the March 10, 2023, event also came with a price for the cable news…
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These are the tricks used by websites to increase click-through rates: Second-person language First-person, sometimes, as relationship builder Hyperbole about knowledge and information Offers of…
Comments closedI have followed the last two weeks as professors in fields that supposedly study critical thinking, decision making, fallacies, persuasion, and so on, have quickly…
Comments closedWe love novelty. The unusual, the strange, the odd — whatever you want to call it, people want news that is startling to read. Newspapers have always known…
Comments closedPresident Donald Trump is either the most ignorant president elected in a century (or more) or he is the most brilliant manipulator elected since either…
Comments closedThere have been moments this century when social media helped organize social change. Public policy in nations was changed, and social media played a role.…
Comments closedMemes simply purify our social circles; they are partisanship intensifiers. It is a shame, but this is how humans create their communities. The internet allows…
Comments closedI’m stuck in bed or sitting for a few minutes at a time. This has led to way too much social media and news input.…
Comments closedThe last decade has demonstrated the power of social media in mass revolutions, even if those revolutions fizzle or come to disastrous ends. The Arab…
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