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Read more about the article Understanding American right-wing Indian hate

Understanding American right-wing Indian hate

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:23. August 2025
  • Post category:Immigration/Political science/Social psychology

In the last few years, there has been a stark increase in anti-Indian posts. You can surely find your own examples on social media. Because of this, various right-leaning posters…

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Read more about the article Conspiracies and their believers

Conspiracies and their believers

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:14. September 2024
  • Post category:Differential psychology/psychometrics/Political science

Summary Conspiracy theory has negative connotations of falseness, implausiblity or irrationality, but we also know many conspiracies are true, ranging from the ordinary criminal case (conspiracy to commit murder) to…

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Read more about the article Who’s prejudiced? Who’s a conspiracy theorist? Sampling bias in social science

Who’s prejudiced? Who’s a conspiracy theorist? Sampling bias in social science

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:7. September 2022
  • Post category:Political science

You have no doubt heard that conservatives are more prejudiced and just generally stupid than leftists. For instance, LiveScience in 2012: And in 2017 Vox talks openly about how all…

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Read more about the article Who’s your out-group?

Who’s your out-group?

  • Post author:Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
  • Post published:15. June 2020
  • Post category:Social psychology/Stereotypes

See related posts in rationalist sphere: Scott Alexander, I Can Tolerate Anything Except The Outgroup Jakob Falkovich, In-Groups, Out-Groups, and the IDW (in Quillette) So the story goes like this:…

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