For anyone who has undergone the process of having an article face peer-review – at a conference or at a journal – it should come to no surprise to them that there is some randomness in the process. We’ve all heard the stories: a paper that is rejected from one conference wins a top paper [...]
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Can a debate about the relative merits of one cell phone over another lead to true learning and understanding? When can motivated reasoning and the workings of cognitive dissonance be overcome with issues people are committed to? Is limiting the goals to minor concessions and information a way to overcome natural biases and can these be used to better political discussion?
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The chief medical officer from Wales recommends teens text rather than talk on their cell phones, despite other concerns about the problems of texting. Because new research suggests that efforts to correct misperceptions often backfire based on political ideology, journalists have to be very careful suggesting correlations exist as it may be hard to dissuade people of their beliefs if new evidence comes to light.
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