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A license to kill people socially

Authored by Patrick Haeck [This blog provides an update to Patrick's previous experience in a...

When considering our tendency to “Truth Bias”, it is no surprise that what people say, and how the...

Building on the notion of truth bias, the illusory truth effect (ITE) demonstrates the crucialness...

There is a phenomenon called “truth bias” which leads us to believe people are telling us the...

Following success in the courts of Belgium in getting religious shunning recognised as a crime, a...

On 11 August 2017 the “Unite the Right” white supremacist rally began in Charlottesville,...

Authored by Victoria Petkovic-Short When you see a claim backed up by statistics, how do you know...

A statistic is defined as “a fact or piece of data obtained from a study of a large quantity of...

Author: Richard Kelly | January 2022 The mission for the Open Minds Foundation is “to create...

Tackling the challenge of classroom groupthink One of the core challenges of working with young...

Confirmation bias (also referred to as myside bias) is a broad term encompassing a number of...

Hands up who has a favourite news resource that they refer to? It could be a news website, a...

Authored by John Snell Developing critical thinking skills in primary schools can appear to be a...

Under scrutiny until at least January 2022, the oldest defendant to stand trial so far will be...

Groupthink occurs when a group of people reach full consensus on an issue or decision, without...