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Michał Kosakowski
@michkosakowski.bsky.social
anomalistic psychology, psychology of conspiracy theories, cognitive psychology of religion
Reposted by Michał Kosakowski
CLAIM: You are perceiving world events.

FACT CHECK: You can only perceive events outside of your immediate experience through media representations. Media representations are necessarily limited in scope and influenced by the agenda and biases of the people who create them.
September 11, 2024 at 4:07 PM
It just dawned on me that you can use Cacioppo and Petty's Elaboration Likelihood Model to illustrate the difference between CHA/persuade rolls in TTRPGs. Charisma is the peripheral route, and persuade is the central route. The number of people who will find this useful is another issue entirely.
February 18, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Happy to announce the upcoming lecture by Prof. @karendouglas.bsky.social on the psychology of conspiracy theories. Use the Zoom link in the comment below (GMT+1 timezone).
January 2, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Reposted by Michał Kosakowski
It's that time of year again! Today I look at the history of so-called "Medically Unexplained Symptoms" with my students (part of our #pseudoscience class).

Migraines? Rooted in "perfectionism"
Ulcers? "stress"
AIDS? "shame/guilt"
MS? "childhood trauma"

Tropes now recycled for #MECFS & #LongCovid
October 18, 2023 at 11:14 AM