Reka Blazsek
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Reka Blazsek
@rekablazsek.bsky.social
Cognitive & social science by day (CEU @weareceu.bsky.social), piano also by day
🔸 ownership, norms, moral psychology, institutions
🔸 interdisciplinary science
🔸 economics & public policy
🎧 curates playlists at headphoneson.substack.com
Huh! So in Finnish it’s ‘on Helsinki’ but ‘in Stockholm’?
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Sometimes my devices misunderstand my (arguably not so heavy) Hungarian accent and Siri activates when I say "see..." but it never activates in the rare occasions when I do intend to use Siri. Which is for entertainment purposes, not timers. Siri is quite good at telling dad jokes.
October 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I've been wondering about this myself too, also more broadly in the context of any intellectual property (eg artistic outputs). Afaik the law in general places more weight on completed & published outputs than to initiated but unfinished ones. Not sure if lay intuitions overlap though.
August 8, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Read the full paper here:
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 4/4
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We find evidence for a model where cues and commonly known norms trigger different readings of ownership & moral judgements via mental state attribution. Also, moral judgements don't correlate with ownership judgements 100% ("he *owns* it but it is wrong"). 3/4
August 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
We might have a hunch that a box of stuff next to a trash can is abandoned and therefore free game, but the same box next to a car is not. Similarly, in some US cities with abundant parking spots, even a piece of cardboard is widely understood as a reservation
(cf www.minethebook.com). 2/4
Mine!: How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives
In this eye-opening exploration of who owns what and why, two acclaimed experts uncover the hidden rules of ownership that control our lives.
www.minethebook.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
How do people know that what is owned in the absence of explicit information? Do people make inferences on ownership based on contextual cues, incl others' beliefs and knowledge of norms? 1/4
August 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
From Questions to Answers? From Questions to Understanding? + the subtitle, which is great imo
July 3, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I was having trouble logging in yesterday but today it works ok. Maybe this is a +ve sign of troubleshooting
June 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Hats off to Reddit mods who handled the case very well.
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May 6, 2025 at 1:20 PM
this is a great paper, Zach! Really enjoyed reading it. Congrats!
April 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM