Sorry I haven't sent one of these in a bit. We spent 10 days at the beach, avoiding some workmen at our house and taking one final summer vacation. A lot has happened in these few weeks, but it all seems like more of the same -- watching things crumble in real-time while daily life goes on in relative ease and luxury for most (compared historically and geographically). Weird times. Anyway, let's just skip current events this week. If you do want to look at some positive news, look into what's happening with Bitcoin in El Salvador and with Twitter integration. But for the newsletter, here's some fun stuff...
Grabby Aliens
https://youtu.be/l3whaviTqqg
A potential explanation for why we haven't yet seen alien life, but can expect it to exist.
The Accuracy of Stereotypes: Data and Implications
Grabby Aliens
https://youtu.be/l3whaviTqqg
A potential explanation for why we haven't yet seen alien life, but can expect it to exist.
The Accuracy of Stereotypes: Data and Implications
- Academics, experts, and laypeople often assume stereotypes about groups are inaccurate. This assumption is used to justify policies meant to reduce or eliminate such beliefs.
- Most stereotypes that have been studied have been shown to be approximately correct. Usually, stereotype accuracy correlations exceed .50, making them some of the largest relationships ever found in social psychology.
- Even when people hold true stereotypes, they have little effect on how people judge or treat individuals about whom they have other, individualized information.
- Unlike most findings in social psychology that are small and flimsy, the results noted above are clear, large, reliable, and untouched by the replication crisis.
- The field of stereotype accuracy casts doubt on the usefulness of programs meant to reduce stereotypes in education, government, and business as a way to achieve equality.
The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster (1909)
http://www.visbox.com/prajlich/forster.html
How about some fiction? This short story was presciently written in 1909. As we all realize that we are a part of history, it's been incredible to see how accurate a handful of science fiction writers were about our time. This short story nails so much, and is a great read.