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“Talk to an Iraqi” from This American Life
Posted on June 1, 2010
From This American Life: “A young Iraqi ends up in America after fleeing Iraq and goes on a road trip to ask Americans questions about the War. But he approaches people in a very specific way, a way you might actually recognize from Peanuts comics. The conversations he has illuminate how we form opinions about […]
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Deep Capture Conference! – Tomorrow (Saturday)
Posted on April 12, 2013
On April 13, 2013 the Project on Law and Mind Sciences and the National Lawyers Guild are co-hosting a conference titled “Deep Capture: Psychology, Public Relations, Democracy, and Law” at Harvard Law School. Details here. Here is the information about our speakers: Noam Chomsky is the Institute Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy […]
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Race and Racism Among Children
Posted on May 25, 2012
From CNN: Anderson Cooper details a study that seeks to gain insight into the way black and white children perceive each other. A sample of related Situationist posts: The Pretense of Colorblindness “Talk to an Iraqi” from This American Life The Situation of the Obama Presidency and Race Perceptions Color Conscious Situation of Neighborhood Choice The Legal and […]
Posted in Education, Implicit Associations | 1 Comment »
Speaking Truth to the Situation
Posted on December 9, 2010
This week’s This American Life was titled “Last Man Standing,” which included three outstanding “stories about people who feel compelled to keep going, especially when everyone else has given up,” including: a story about the only Juror on the trial of former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich who believed he was innocent of trying to sell […]
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The Selective Morality of Video Games
Posted on May 7, 2009
Modern day video games regularly feature violence and murder, sometimes with graphic details, such as blood or dismemberment. Gamers are often rewarded for the most number of kills. While there has been some controversy about those games, talk of banning them has gone nowhere. For the most part, in fact, people seem to be okay […]
Posted in Entertainment, Life | 1 Comment »
Dick Cheney: A Situationist?
Posted on March 19, 2009
It is interesting that in an interview with CNN this past Sunday, former Vice President Dick Cheney, a hardcore dispositionist, offered a situationist-like defense of the troubles that ailed the Bush Administration. It appears that after walking in his own shoes for eight years, Cheney could see the situation and how it complicated the bright-line, […]
Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | 1 Comment »
The Bush Frame: Us vs. Them; Good vs. Evil; Intentions vs. Consequences
Posted on January 16, 2009
President Bush’s farewell speech, like most (though not all) of his speeches, was full of dispositionism and largely devoid of situationist insight. His final remarks were apparently intended to remind and assure us that “we” are dispositionally different from “them” and that our country and its people have an essential character (good) while other countries […]
Posted in Ideology, Politics, System Legitimacy | 7 Comments »
The Situation of a Loved One’s Clothes
Posted on January 15, 2009
Interesting piece by Linda Carroll of MSNBC on how we take comfort in the clothing worn by loved ones. We excerpt the piece below. * * * As many as three-quarters of women say they snuggle with shirts and other clothing worn by someone dear, but not near, researchers reported in a study published in […]
Posted in Emotions, Life | 4 Comments »
