🚨Book!🚨 "Outraged: Why We Fight about Morality and Politics" has an Amazon listing: "A groundbreaking new perspective on the moral mind that rewrites our understanding of where moral judgments come from, and how we can overcome the feelings of outrage that so often divide us"

Are dads doing more than ever, or are they as lazy as ever compared to their wives? The answer, it turns out, is both. 👫 In our newest Substack, we chatted with Dr. Corinne Low (@femonomics) about how conflicts in relationships often look a lot like moral disagreements. 🔗⬇️

New semester, new lab members, new University! We're glad to be settling in and posting on our Substack again about what this chaotic summer taught @kurtjgray . (new post linked below 🍎🤓)

AI making moral decisions is like an alien judge. It gives verdicts, but we can't see how it thinks. We made AI “think” more like people by narrowing its focus to a few key moral cues. This AI better predicted people’s moral judgments & was more trusted. Preprint🧵

Lovely wide ranging, deep, and timely discussion between moral psychologist @KurtJGray and @Scaramucci on our perceptions of harm, victimhood, the future of polarization, and how to effectively communicate across divides https://t.co/E7gF4AJEPc

The latest episode of Open Book is out now: Finding Common Ground in a Divided America with Professor Kurt Gray @kurtjgray You can watch the episode here on X or on YouTube. Timestamps (0:00) Prof. Kurt Gray introduction (3:23) Personal experiences with political division

Happy last day of school - I successfully finished year one of grad school! ✅I will be moving with the @DeepBeliefsLab this summer and will complete the rest of my PhD at the Ohio State University. Thank you to @UNCPsych for a great first year!

New post: What do a physicist in a strip club, a pop star in a church, and government officials making war plans in a group chat have in common? 🔬🎤💣 The setting is all wrong—so wrong that their decisions start to feel immoral. (🔗 in thread)

New Outrage Overload episode with @kurtjgray is out now! 🎙️ Here’s why this book is a game-changer on moral outrage… (🧵👇) https://t.co/W391TooPki

"We tend to think of our political opponents as stupid, but...Liberals and conservatives generally score pretty similarly on the SAT and ACT and have similar college GPAs...Liberals and conservatives perform similarly on comprehensive IQ tests" https://t.co/nLXLiBcD1B

Health systems globally use universal standards to diagnose everything from anemia to malnutrition. But by treating bodies as identical, these benchmarks hide dysfunction & often worsen outcomes. My newest essay argues for embracing biological diversity:

Thursday on Charlotte Talks, the science behind our increasing political polarization and how to change it. We'll be joined by @UNC 's @kurtjgray to discuss his new book "Outraged: Why We Fight about Morality and Politics." Join us at 9AM https://t.co/gvRLLpId8k

New Paper in Philosophical Psychology: Trust in experts is low. Why? How bad is it? And what should we do? To answer these questions, we reviewed philosophy (when *ought* we defer to the experts) and psychology (when *do* people defer to the experts). Link in comments!

See what others are saying about OUTRAGED! 👀📖 @kurtjgray’s groundbreaking book challenges everything we think we know about moral judgment, outrage, and what really divides us. 🌎💡 Could understanding harm be the key to bridging the gap? https://t.co/00sticglr4

A year ago @kurtjgray and I argued that popular discourse about the "loneliness epidemic" might be making people more lonely. Today @NatureComms published direct evidence for this: reading news stories about the risks of isolation makes people feel worse about being alone. 🧵

In the new book Outraged: Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground, moral psychologist Kurt Gray offers a framework for bridging divides. Read the #ScienceBooks Review: https://t.co/7VylMc4ZjB

Maggie is very happy with the delivery of @kurtjgray's new book and said she's really excited to learn about why we fight about morality and politics (and ideally why people that prefer cats are evil).

We hope you'll join us Tuesday, March 4 at 7pm ET 4 pm PT for "OUTRAGED!" with special guest @kurtjgray—an important thinker for the time we're in. Join us from your fave couch: https://t.co/phMeCOG41B Thanks to @FlHumanities and @NEHgov and our fab streaming partners!

Remote work doesn't thwart productivity. It boosts focus. Data: Government workers are 12% more productive when randomly assigned to work from home. They're more efficient where it's quiet. Most people aren't shirking from home. They're escaping distractions and long commutes.

Do liberals prioritize distant others over close relationships? Our large-scale analyses find no tradeoff—liberals’ broader moral concern coexists with care for family & community. Implications for policy & moral psychology: https://t.co/N7v4LlDn8e #MoralPsychology #Ideology

Opinion by Kate Cohen: Kurt Gray’s “Outraged” argues for understanding opponents’ perceived harms. I won’t be counting on that.