MichaelKimball
@MichaelKimball
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Writer, editor, Misinformation Desk column, RazzJam Champ. Going up the country.
Joined August 2008
It's untreated fevers (not Tylenol). A correction from the Misinformation Desk (w/@Susan_A_Nolan):
psychologytoday.com
False claims of a link between autism and Tylenol during pregnancy are dangerous. Psychological science teaches us the best way to counter it.
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Please come back, Science. The Misinformation Desk on the exodus of scientists (w/@Susan_A_Nolan):
psychologytoday.com
Many scientists have considered leaving the United States, citing funding freezes, banned language, and policy restrictions. Are we facing a brain drain?
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Thank you, @caulfieldtim, and, yeah, I hated the decision that was made about the word and agree that reclaiming it is necessary.
Ugh. BIG win for misinformation mongers who have weaponized the word. The word polarizes BECAUSE of efforts to delegitimize the problem & research on misinformation. Really disappointing decision. The End of the Word “Misinformation”? https://t.co/mhaXD6Ehnp A better move?
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A little hope for the new year from the Misinformation Desk (w/ @Susan_A_Nolan):
psychologytoday.com
Artificial intelligence is often used to produce misinformation. Turns out it can help us reduce misinformation, too.
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If you're into bleakness, the Misinformation Desk has something for you:
psychologytoday.com
As debunked ideas from race science experience a resurgence, the history of psychology and eugenics highlight the perils.
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The Misinformation Desk (w/@Susan_A_Nolan) returns with a new piece about when emotion overrules reason:
psychologytoday.com
When we experience emotion in response to new information, that’s a cue to pause and ask good questions to be sure our feelings don’t outweigh our reason.
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Do you avoid political discussions because of how negative they might be? I have. I do. But this piece (with the great @Susan_A_Nolan) from the Misinformation Desk (@PsychToday) made me rethink that:
psychologytoday.com
We often think discussing a politically divisive topic with someone who disagrees with us would be unpleasant. Research suggests we may be wrong.
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The Misinformation Desk (with @Susan_A_Nolan) returns with a new column @PsychToday about correcting misperceptions before they happen:
psychologytoday.com
When nonverbal learning disorders came up after the Democratic National Convention, much of the media offered careful corrections.
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Fake News Cleaner, it's a real thing at the Misinformation Desk (w/@Susan_A_Nolan): https://t.co/b4xHKMf4Ap
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Today and all this week @TheAthleticNBA, the 2023 edition of the NBA Player Tiers Project. Today, Tier 5 and the annual explainer of just what we’re doing here:
nytimes.com
These tiers are about championship equity for 2024. So, which players provide the most value toward winning a title? We look at the top 125.
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Find out if you're susceptible to phishing @ The Misinformation Desk (with @Susan_A_Nolan):
psychologytoday.com
Although many of us fall for a scam email every once in a while (at least momentarily), there are cognitive factors that increase our risk.
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#ChatGPT can be used by bad actors to generate misinformation, write @Susan_A_Nolan and @MichaelKimball for @PsychToday.
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The Misinformation Desk (with @Susan_A_Nolan) returns with a new column about ChatGPT. It's not good:
psychologytoday.com
Despite some built-in safeguards, it’s currently not that hard to get ChatGPT to generate misinformation.
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Very excited about @rosepress, a new small press on the scene, founded by the brilliant (and inimitable) @ChelseaHodson. I'm peaking at their first book and it's outstanding
the inimitable @ChelseaHodson is launching her very own press (!!) and was kind enough to let me in on all the juicy details https://t.co/o9ddhpMqkQ
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So excited to launch my new press @RoseBooks_ today—thank you to @smswrites and @PublishersWkly for this story! Geoff Rickly’s (@thursdayband) debut novel SOMEONE WHO ISN’T ME is now available for preorder: https://t.co/kSsAYjv2Od 🌹
rosebooks.co
Hodson has always been drawn to the fringes of publishing, and is staking a claim for herself on those fringes this year, when she will launch her own indie press, Rose Books.
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Writing for the Misinformation Desk with @Susan_A_Nolan sometimes makes me feel bleak about the future. Here's a little hope: https://t.co/jFaFXJroY9
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What percentage of people share articles on Twitter without reading them first? It's a bigger number than I expected. See the last Misinformation Desk piece of 2022 (with @Susan_A_Nolan) for the depressing details.
A new @PsychToday piece with @MichaelKimball on the perils of sharing without reading!
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The Misinformation Desk (with the excellent @Susan_A_Nolan) returns with a write up on some fascinating new research about scientific consensus and shifting beliefs. There's a little hope in this one: https://t.co/TanRArNqw3
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Our new piece at the Misinformation Desk (with good @Susan_A_Nolan) concerns smiling, baseball cards, replication, and peer review:
psychologytoday.com
A study of vintage baseball cards found the effects of smiling on players’ lifespans, but it was not replicated in a second study with a larger sample.
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