January/February 2021 Links

AI on universal emotions: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-03509-5


She's not a real doctor: https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/942992?nlid=138837_2051&src=WNL_mdplsnews_201225_mscpedit_psyc&uac=315526ER&spon=12&impID=2759495&faf=1

Dunning-Kruger Take-home message:
- The Dunning-Kruger effect was originally described in 1999 as the observation that people who are terrible at a particular task think they are much better than they are, while people who are very good at it tend to underestimate their competence
- The Dunning-Kruger effect was never about “dumb people not knowing they are dumb” or about “ignorant people being very arrogant and confident in their lack of knowledge.”
- Because the effect can be seen in random, computer-generated data, it may not be a real flaw in our thinking and thus may not really exist:
https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/critical-thinking/dunning-kruger-effect-probably-not-real?fbclid=IwAR3yq1jjr1fjD5vuybDykdLcnW1InJb_RSj9cu2SKfX82nwrFgPgMg_g-M0

Another DKE: https://doi.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2Fxge0000579&fbclid=IwAR1Od7g2kLsDt939xXOtMsRi9xA1WJtU0ltIGcT9Ei-Dl8F4vD3T1jyi2zc

Subliminal affect:  https://replicationindex.com/2021/01/04/unconscious-emotions-mindless-citations-of-questionable-evidence/?fbclid=IwAR2UF-uIQ6YAY7PdYO_l__NEP433yvbpbwAW6uRa-Uddg3oqZdR4Zee5FxM

Does brain training really work: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/does-brain-training-actually-work/?fbclid=IwAR2TYvuvM0F4nB8qzWxsLki1rWLGXotVVX4XuNwCQxlHJc4NcMnycUzxQoo

Lizard people running the country: https://u.osu.edu/vanzandt/2018/04/18/the-world-is-controlled-by-a-group-of-elite-reptiles/comment-page-1/?fbclid=IwAR3vvnRL65A5dfBHOz90XJKlNHUTpz2nUmVl2G21A76mH891KcViQ5yOuO8

Intermittent Fasting (from 2018): https://getpocket.com/explore/item/why-backers-of-intermittent-fasting-believe-it-can-slow-aging?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Hans Eysenck: https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/07/misconduct-allegations-push-psychology-hero-his-pedestal?fbclid=IwAR2CsHvBOj2s0KrG5-7tpwb24Cg0YbfVxtyhUwCI89pc-9yxjaqFWL83Fj4