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The term "cognitive miserliness" comes out of the heuristics and biases literature, where many studies show that people often rely on heuristic short cuts to solve a variety of reasoning problems instead of relying on rules of logic or probability. The claim is that people are reluctant thinkers, seldom resorting to deep analysis. There is, however, another aspect in the literature that is seldom discussed: Labouring in vain. This refers ...
I will outline research that investigates how basic research on human reasoning can help us understand consequential "everyday" beliefs and behaviors; from religious beliefs to to climate change denial to the spread of misinformation (and more!).ReferencesPennycook, G., Fugelsang, J.A., & Koehler, D.J. (2015). Everyday consequences of analytic thinking. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 24, 425...
There has been considerable interest in how conspiratorial thinking is related to measures of rationality. The earliest scales measuring individual differences conspiratorial thinking were constructed under the assumption that such beliefs were clearly and obviously irrational. Our earlier research with the Comprehensive Assessment of Rational Thinking (CART) included a subtest to assess the tendency to endorse conspiracy beliefs. The endorsement of conspiracy b...