cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/24920069
“These are not ‘drug dens,’ they are health centres,” said Philpott, now the dean of health sciences at Queen’s University, in a post on X.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/24920069
“These are not ‘drug dens,’ they are health centres,” said Philpott, now the dean of health sciences at Queen’s University, in a post on X.
Reading psych studies on people who have authoritarian beliefs is eye opening. Here’s a study (pdf) that found authoritarians will seek out media that confirms their biases when scared. The “when scared” is important. Participants that weren’t scared showed no difference to non-authoritarians. The authors suggested that authoritarians will seek out confirmation of their beliefs as a mechanism of dealing with fear.