Dear all,
Although I prefer design research discussions, I was reading today an article about political research that may be helpful to understand heated positions around the threads on “Our New Age of Contempt.”
Flynn, Nyhan, and Reifler (2017) argued that human misconceptions associated with multiple cognitive biases lead us to distortions in public debate. It seems to me that there is a wide variety of political positions/affiliations here in the list, which led list members to struggle to have objective debates and form meaningful opinions. All of us are probably misinformed about gender, immigration, Obama, Trump, etc. and hold false beliefs. For example, anti-immigration attitudes in Europe explain why the public overestimate the number of foreigners (Flynn et al., p. 129). Since, most likely, there are not shared beliefs among us, we members will hardly convince others when it comes to political opinions, not even with corrective information (see Flynn et al., p. 130). Flynn and colleagues note that polarization occurs (which we are witnessing) and it could get worse if elites (senior list members) do not reach consensus.
Since heated debate off topic can get worse, I suggest that we come back to design research and PhD design education discussions. That’s why I subscribed to this list.
Best,
G. Mauricio Mejía, PhD
Associate professor and PhD in Design and Creation program director
Universidad de Caldas, Colombia
Flynn, D. J., Nyhan, B., & Reifler, J. (2017). The Nature and Origins of Misperceptions: Understanding False and Unsupported Beliefs About Politics. Political Psychology, 38. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12394
Link:
http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1111/pops.12394?author_access_token=osr6PE8yFA_kbxl9h8hPGYta6bR2k8jH0KrdpFOxC66R3bnM_gHVq645zbweUlv8JA8yjD4OgK3__nZEfkPKtNBBugrP5JFcT3X-lTkuqk2ueCO5GUwjBovDjS1ZwYq3
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