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Priest steals church funds to run Lavish Gay Sex Parties

June 9, 2024September 27, 2021 by Dave
priest

Priest caught stealing church funds to buy drugs and run gay sex parties. How can a man who dedicated his life to the church end up like this

Categories catholic, psychology, religion Tags drugs, gay, priest

Is Trump a master of Bullshitting?

December 5, 2023May 25, 2021 by Dave
bullshitting

There appears to be a measurable correlation between bullshitting and intelligence. Does this suggest that Trump is a smart guy?

Categories politics, psychology, science Tags bullshitting, intelligence, psychology, study

Political Polarization: Often Not as Bad as We Think

December 5, 2023May 4, 2021 by Dave
Polarization

Everybody and everything feels deeply ensnared by Polarization. New Study confirms that it is not actually really like this at all.

Categories psychology, society, study

Prophecy and Prophetic Standards

June 30, 2024May 3, 2021 by Dave
prophecy and prophetic standards

What happens to those deeply invested in a belief when prophecy fails in a very spectacular and pubic manner, do they let go or double down?

Categories psychology, religion Tags prophecy, prophetic standards

Seeing the extinct Tasmanian Tiger

March 22, 2021 by Dave
The Tasmanian Tiger - The Thylacine

The Tasmanian Tiger is extinct, yet people keep spotting it. Is it really still lurking out there, or is something else going on?

Categories psychology, science Tags Tasmanian Tiger, Thylacine

Psychology – The Greta Thunberg Effect

May 20, 2024January 27, 2021 by Dave
Greta Thunberg

The @GretaThunberg Effect” is now an empirically demonstrated, peer-reviewed phenomenon. Paper in Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Categories Activism, Climate Change, People, psychology, science Tags Greta Thunberg, Greta Thunberg Effect, psychology
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