Trolley dilemma solved similarly in different parts of the world
People from the eastern, western and southern cultures are not very different in terms of moral judgements made in the so-called trolley dilemma, shows a large international study carried out with the participation of Polish researchers. What does affect the moral judgement is the context of the dilemma.
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Professor Janusz Heitzman: You can not say a dictator is mad or sick, he knows exactly what he is doing
He is not mad or a sick person; a dictator knows perfectly well what he is doing; he has a sense of mission to carry out and manipulates others to achieve his goals, says Professor Janusz Heitzman, forensic psychiatry representative at the Minister of Health.
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A. Przegalińska: Cyber warfare will continue for a long time; we need training to recognise disinformation
Russia has a lot of experience in cyber warfare, and disinformation war is planned for a long time. The West must learn to wield this weapon better. What we needed is training the public to recognise disinformation and create good systems to detect the source of information, says Dr. Aleksandra Przegalińska, a professor at the Kozminski University.
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Psychophysiology of emotions in POPANE database
How to recognize emotional experiences of love, admiration, contentment, gratitude, joy, pride, sexual excitement and desire? In their latest publication, psychophysiologists from Poznań describe biosignals associated with positive and negative affects.
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RPaSDT to track sources of fake news
Identifying the source of malicious content, its source of propagation, is crucial for reducing online disinformation. A similar mechanism allows, for example, to identify patient zero at the beginning of an epidemic. RPaSDT (Rumor Propagation and Source Detection Toolkit) allows to determine the source of fake news come from and how they spread in social media.
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Who believes in conspiracy theories? Mostly radicals, left and right
People with radical views, from both the right and left of the political spectrum, endorse conspiracy theories more often than others. This particularly concerns those who support the party that is not in power, show the results of a large study conducted in 26 countries.
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Researchers investigate Godwin's law of Nazi analogies
Researchers have carried out an exhaustive study of nearly 2 million online conversations to determine whether the so-called Godwin’s law in which every conversation ends with a reference to Hitler or the Nazis, is true.
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Pandemic in Poland will be remembered from the perspective of an individual, not a community, says sociologist
Polish people will look back on the pandemic from the perspective of an individual, not a community, says a leading sociologist and philosopher.
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Majority of Poles believe good education is important for achieving success, says social report
The majority of Poles believe that a good education is important for achieving success in life.
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Political parties that mobilize voters are more likely to win elections, says social report
The most common change in electoral behaviours is associated with voter turnout, says a new report.
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