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• The Traitors shows how herd mentality tramples on our basic instincts | Martha Gill

  18-01-2025 20:30
  
  In the hit TV reality show, as in life, we like to think we are autonomous. In fact, we follow the herdWhat explains the stupendous success of The Traitors? More than 9 million people tuned in to the first episode of this, its third season, and last week it overtook Strictly Come Dancing to become the BBC’s most watched reality show. With this sort of trajectory, I’m afraid we must prepare for thousands of imitators to follow in its wake. So what should they be trying to do?Part of t
  
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• ‘The two of us book a karaoke room for an hour. It’s like tiramisu for the soul’ What’s on your dopamine menu?

  18-01-2025 13:00
  
  From a ‘starter’ of dishing out compliments to a ‘dessert’ of smashing laptops in rage rooms, scientists and authors share 15 ‘portion-sized’ ideas for a positivity boostDopamine has a reputation as the body’s “feelgood” hormone, but it’s “really more about motivation than about positive affect”, says happiness researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky. This is the chemical that nudges you towards things you enjoy, helping you muster the
  
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• Visiting Auschwitz, British Leader Vows to Fight "Poison" of Antisemitism

  18-01-2025 09:34 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: BBC News - UK PoliticsDuring a visit to Auschwitz, British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said he was determined to fight the "poison" of antisemitism. Sir Keir explained that nothing could have prepared him for the horror of what he saw. "The mounds of hair, the shoes, the suitcases, the names and details, everything that was so meticulously kept, except for human life," Sir Keir said. Six million Jews were murdered by the Nazis and their accomplices during World...
  
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• New Research Program Aims to Indigenize Artificial Intelligence

  18-01-2025 09:34 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Science Daily - Top SocietyA new research program, Abundant Intelligences, is challenging the direction of artificial intelligence (AI). The premise is that AI has thus far been biased against non-Western modes of thinking about intelligence—especially those originating from Indigenous cultures. As a way of decolonizing AI, the program incorporates indigenous knowledge to create an inclusive, robust concept of intelligence that can be embedded into existing and future...
  
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• Equal Rights Amendment Should Be Considered Ratified, Biden Says

  18-01-2025 09:33 via socialpsychology.org
  Source: Canadian Broadcasting Company - World NewsPresident Joe Biden announced Friday that the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered a ratified addition to the U.S. Constitution, backing an effort to enshrine the change more than a century after the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote. "It is long past time to recognize the will of the American people," Biden said. It was unclear what impact the outgoing president's comments might have, coming days before Donald Trump takes...
  
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