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Mauricio, I concur, let's get back to "design research and PhD design education discussions" only. Even though on this very specific topic we don't all hold "shared beliefs", at least we can share and mostly learn from each other agreement and/or disagreement. To me that is the very meaning and ultimate purpose of debate. Regards, Francois Kigali On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 7:22 AM, G. Mauricio Mejía < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 odesign research and PhD design education > discussionsn “Our New Age of Contempt.” is topic > > 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 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- PhD-Design mailing list <[log in to unmask]> Discussion of PhD studies and related research in Design Subscribe or Unsubscribe at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/phd-design -----------------------------------------------------------------