Monthly topic
New month, new luck! It's again time to announce the new monthly topic that you guys chose on the last poll. And it is:
Superstition, Irrationality, and The War on Reason
Now this could get curious... and at times maybe even hilarious!
Some details on the subject:
- Superstition and religion. Evolutionary psychology of religion.
- Urban legend, popular culture, and the herd mentality.
- Magical thinking, placebo, and effective theory.
- "Dumbing down" the population, a conspiracy or a natural process?
- The role of the media for crafting public perception.
- Anti-science and technophobia: the pushback against scientific and technological progress.
- Doomsday prophecies and real threats. Doomsday believers and movements.
- Cognitive bias in public opinion and politics.
- Pseudoscientific and irrational post-modern mindsets and movements.
- Stupid, irrational, and superstitious politicians and their positions.
And here's the poll for April:
Poll Monthly topic
(Feel free to suggest more).
Superstition, Irrationality, and The War on Reason
Now this could get curious... and at times maybe even hilarious!
Some details on the subject:
- Superstition and religion. Evolutionary psychology of religion.
- Urban legend, popular culture, and the herd mentality.
- Magical thinking, placebo, and effective theory.
- "Dumbing down" the population, a conspiracy or a natural process?
- The role of the media for crafting public perception.
- Anti-science and technophobia: the pushback against scientific and technological progress.
- Doomsday prophecies and real threats. Doomsday believers and movements.
- Cognitive bias in public opinion and politics.
- Pseudoscientific and irrational post-modern mindsets and movements.
- Stupid, irrational, and superstitious politicians and their positions.
And here's the poll for April:
Poll Monthly topic
(Feel free to suggest more).