Political economist + sociologist's tourney tests climate change messages | Uncommon Collaborators YouTube video by Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

...and this video of @nmalhotra.bsky.social and me discussing the study!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2E3...

Climate change impacts are here, but public support for action remains polarized. Which climate messages move people?

In a ~13,500-person megastudy, we tested 10 of the most-cited messages. Six increased pro-environmental attitudes in the U.S.—but only by 1–4 percentage points. 🧵

The word "functional" - especially when used in the wellness industry - is a red flag of bullshit.

Advertisers, politicians, and other bullshitters can easily exploit our brain's "fast and slow" thinking modes to manipulate our attitudes and actions. Don't let it happen to you. Read the full article here: bullshitology.substack.com/p/the-scienc...

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I was on CBC's "The Current" radio/podcast today talking about my work. I'm so grateful that so many people liked and connected with this research. Hopefully, that means people will remember me when I'm on the (faculty) job market later this year. 😅

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

All of that data was collected and analyzed for the main paper (reported in the supp materials). All 3 variables were negatively correlated w/ BS receptivity but did not meaningfully predict it when controlling for everything else. 🙂

🧠🐛 + 🦝🍆 = 🤡🌎

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I was on CBC's "The Current" radio/podcast today talking about my work. I'm so grateful that so many people liked and connected with this research. Hopefully, that means people will remember me when I'm on the (faculty) job market later this year. 😅

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Commentary: Social media — addiction machine or moral panic? Does social media addiction really exist? And does research establish a connection between adolescent mental health and social media use?

I our essay for the @orlandosentinel William Proctor and I discuss #socialmediaaddiction. Is there such a thing, or is it a moral panic?

www.orlandosentinel.com/2026/04/11/c...

Yeah, that was me in my 20s and 30s. Got up to 330 bench, 285 incline, and repped 360 deads. In my 40s, my joints (particularly my back) are really making me pay for it.

Unless you're competing, you probably shouldn't be doing deadlifts over 350 pounds in the first place (at least not regularly).

Advertisers, politicians, and other bullshitters can easily exploit our brain's "fast and slow" thinking modes to manipulate our attitudes and actions. Don't let it happen to you. Read the full article here: bullshitology.substack.com/p/the-scienc...

I get where you're coming from, but at some point we have to accept that definitions change and clinging to old ones is an etymological fallacy. Podcast stopped meaning "audio only" a while ago: www.businessinsider.com/rise-of-vide...

"Did you watch the Super Bowl yesterday?"

"No. I watched a live video broadcast of the Super Bowl on my television. Completely different thing."

I would've subbed out the Cholula with Tapatio (or black label Valentina). Cholula is as spicy as water. Has no business being called a "hot sauce."

The Science of 'Yes': How we get others to do what we want (and how they do the same to us) Resistance is futile...

My latest article breaks down the science behind how people get you to say "yes" and why learning this won't save you. I'd ask you to read it, but I'm going to start small and just ask you to click the link. (That's the foot-in-the-door technique. You're welcome.)
open.substack.com/pub/bullshit...

How come we sometimes say ‘yes’ to salespeople, bosses and colleagues, and even friends, when we know we shouldn’t have?

@metacognishane.bsky.social, for once, not writing (about) bullshit, but about the science of ‘yes’:

buff.ly/2AXfyAr

"Employment at will," not "right to work."

The Science of 'Yes': How we get others to do what we want (and how they do the same to us) Resistance is futile...

My latest article breaks down the science behind how people get you to say "yes" and why learning this won't save you. I'd ask you to read it, but I'm going to start small and just ask you to click the link. (That's the foot-in-the-door technique. You're welcome.)
open.substack.com/pub/bullshit...

One of my favorites paper got published 🤓 It covers a lot of ground and it’s the best summary of my views on misinformation and what to do about it. Give it a read :)

🔓 osf.io/preprints/ps...
👉 doi.org/10.1177/1461...

Study links falling for corporate buzzwords with poor decision-making NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Shane Littrell of Cornell University, whose new study concludes that those who buy into corporate jargon may actually be worse at their jobs.

I was on @npr.org's "All Things Considered" today talking about my latest research. Given how much I hate the actual sound of my own voice, I thought it would be fun to inflict that displeasure on all of you, too. www.npr.org/2026/04/01/n...

Study links falling for corporate buzzwords with poor decision-making NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Shane Littrell of Cornell University, whose new study concludes that those who buy into corporate jargon may actually be worse at their jobs.

I was on @npr.org's "All Things Considered" today talking about my latest research. Given how much I hate the actual sound of my own voice, I thought it would be fun to inflict that displeasure on all of you, too. www.npr.org/2026/04/01/n...

Behind the Shock Machine: The Untold Story of the Notorious Milgram Psychology Experiments Behind the Shock Machine: The Untold Story of the Notorious Milgram Psychology Experiments - Kindle edition by Perry, Gina. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Behind the Shock Machine: The Untold Story of the Notorious Milgram Psychology Experiments.

There's kind of already a book on it. Gina Perry released a really interesting book a few years ago which uncovered a lot of Milgram's fraud and experimental irregularities: www.amazon.com/Behind-Shock...

a man with a beard is sitting at a table with his hand on his chin and the words `` sure '' written on his face . ALT: a man with a beard is sitting at a table with his hand on his chin and the words `` sure '' written on his face .

If I've learned anything this week, it's that everyone on LinkedIn totally HATES corporate bullshit, you guys, and they've all been heroically calling it out for years wherever they see it. NONE of them have ever fallen for it and NONE of them ever use it either!

Kennedy’s Vaccine Agenda Hits Roadblocks, Diminishing His Clout

Kennedy’s Vaccine Agenda Hits Roadblocks, Diminishing His Clout

Surgeon General nominee is stalled. CDC is officially leaderless. A judge says Kennedy overstepped his bounds. My latest in @nytimes.com on RFK’s no good terrible horrible very bad month.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/u...

Maybe tomorrow is the happening we made along the way.

"Corporate settings are saturated with authority cues like titles, power hierarchies, [and] 'leadership vision,'” Littrell told Investopedia via email, "which makes impressive-sounding ('bullshitty') ambiguity especially easy to pass off as insight."

www.investopedia.com/a-cornell-re...

I discuss the paper more in-depth here: bsky.app/profile/meta...

Most readers were obviously able to understand that the science fraud stuff is infinitely more important than all the slice-of-life bio bullshit.