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29 mei 2025

Byzantium & Friends | 137. Conspiracy theories and the deep state, now and then, with Winston Berg Thursday May 29, 2025

Winston Berg is a political scientist (University of Chicago) who studies modern American conspiracy theories about politics and the deep state; his dissertation studied the movement known as QAnon. Given our political moment, I thought it would be interesting to discuss with him the different contours and valences that conspiracy theories and deep state notions took in the east Roman polity and in the United States. Check out Winston's recent article 'Origins of the “Deep State” Trope,' Critical Review 35:4 (2023) 281-318.

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Anthony Kaldellis, Winston Berg

24 oktober 2024

Genetics for Everyone

Genetics is one of the fastest developing areas of natural sciences, which brings more and more knowledge and important information to our society. This information reaches us through scientists, physicians and other experts in the form of prenatal diagnostics, the latest trends in the field of healthy living, new possibilities for personalised disease therapy, modern methods in criminology etc. The correct understanding of scientific and technical procedures, which include personalised medicine or the use of genetically modified organisms, places increasing demands on every member of modern society. The rational response of all of us to the challenges associated with these technologies, as to the understanding of global pandemics or the climate crisis, thus requires an increasingly strong voice of educated experts and a cultured dialogue between experts and the public. The effort of today's educational institutions to provide quality information is additionally complicated by the spread of fake news, hoaxes and the distortion of reality by non-expert Internet debaters. If our interest is to teach people to critically accept the information that directly affects them and not to be swayed by half-truths and conspiracy theories, a strong foundation in genetics is a necessity today. This book is intended for teachers of biology students, students of biological and non-biological fields, as well as those interested in genetics from the public. Its aim is to bring the basic genetic principles and discoveries closer together and to discuss them in the context of current events. The book also provides information on the use of knowledge from genetics in other fields, including medicine, criminology, pharmacy and history.

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Samantha Hughes, Andrea Ševčovičová, Linde Voorend

23 augustus 2023

Lecture: Risk & Risk mitigation

Learner understands the competing concepts of risk Learner understands how risk is perceived by a the modern society Learner understands approaches to risk evaluation Learner understand approaches to risk mitigation

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HCAIM Consortium

30 maart 2023

How Minds Change | Radboud Reflects Lecture with science journalist David McRaney and philosopher of mind Marc Slors

How do we change our minds? What made a prominent conspiracy-theorist YouTuber finally see that 9/11 was not a hoax? How does a voter’s opinions shift from neutral to resolute? Science journalist David McRaney and philosopher of mind Marc Slors take us on a journey through our stubborn minds, encountering cult members, conspiracy theorists, and political activists along the way. How does the group you belong to influence what you believe? Why do we hold on to some beliefs so firmly, while we willingly let go of others? And what is a belief in the first place? Watch and find out. How Minds Change | Lecture and conversation with science journalist David McRaney and philosopher of mind Marc Slors Thursday 30 March 2023 | 20.00 – 21.30 hrs. | Collegezalencomplex, Radboud University Radboud Reflects and Maven Publishing Read the review (in Dutch and English): https://www.ru.nl/radboudreflects/terugblik/terugblik-2023/map-terugblik-2023/30-03-23-how-minds-change-lecture-and-conversation/

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Marc Slors

2023

Critical Thinking in Legal Education (article & toolkit) - by Bart van Klink

Critical thinking is generally considered to be one of the central goals – if not the ultimate goal – of education. Critical thinking, as part of liberal learning, is done primarily for its own sake, for the sheer pleasure of thinking against the grain, exploring new ideas and thereby contributing to the development of scientific knowledge. The liberal conception of critical thinking is under threat, since education is nowadays turned into some form of social engagement. Increasingly, academic education is conceived in instrumental terms as a means to achieve some non-academic end: to create responsible ‘academic citizens’, who are committed to the values of diversity and inclusion and who are engaged in solving contemporary social problems. Against this tendency, this article defends a liberal conception of critical thinking in academic legal education and addresses three questions: (i) what is critical thinking? (ii) why do we need critical thinking? and (iii) how can we, as teachers, promote critical thinking in our students? Finally, it raises the question of whether a liberal conception of critical thinking rules out any kind of social engagement as pursued by universities in the present day.

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B.M.J. van Klink

2023

Making History: Reflections of a History Student in the Archive

I invite you to learn what it takes to produce historic knowledge. My writing aims at anyone interested in history as a discipline and its inner workings. Other history students might profit from reading about my ex¬periences and encounters with historic research in particular. And some might just be interested how history ‘is made’. Finally, I hope that a few will enjoy following my personal development and appreciate the extra knowledge offered. By recording my archival research in this way, my booklet wants to contribute to accessible and public academia.

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Jakob Jung

26 december 2022

Drang naar Samenhang | #51 Word je socialer van literatuur? (herhaling plus update)

Dit is een herhaling van aflevering 10 met een update over het meest recente onderzoek naar dit onderwerp (Quinlan et al., 2022). Lezen heeft allerlei positieve effecten op de taalontwikkeling van kinderen. Meer recent zijn onderzoekers geïnteresseerd geraakt in mogelijke andere positieve effecten van lezen. In deze aflevering gaan we in op één zo’n mogelijk effect. Rolf en Anita proberen aan de hand van recente wetenschappelijke literatuur de vraag te beantwoorden of je van het lezen van literatuur socialer wordt. Meer over de signaaldetectietheorie vind je in Hoofdstuk 15 van het boek Drang naar Samenhang: De Psychologie van het Begrijpen. Bronnen Brysbaert, M., Sui, L., Dirix, N., & Hintz, F. (2020). Dutch Author Recognition Test. Journal of Cognition, 3(1), 6. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/joc.95 Kidd, D. C., Castano, E. (2013). Reading literary fiction improves theory of mind. Science, 342, 377–380. doi:10.1126/science.1239918 Van Kuijk, I., Verkoeijen, P., Dijkstra, K., Zwaan, R. A. (2018). The effect of reading a short passage of literary fiction on theory of mind: A replication of Kidd and Castano (2013). Collabra: Psychology, 4, 7. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.117 Lenhart, J., Dangel, J., & Richter, T. (2020). The relationship between lifetime book reading and empathy in adolescents: Examining transportability as a moderator. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000341 Mar, R. A., Oatley, K., Hirsh, J. dela Paz, J., & Peterson, J. B. (2006). Bookworms versus nerds: Exposure to fiction versus non-fiction, divergent associations with social ability,and the simulation of fictional social worlds. Journal of Research in Personality, 40, 694–712. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2005.08.002 Quinlan, J. A., Padgett, J. K., Khajehnassiri, A., & Mar, R. A. (2022, October 20). Does a Brief Exposure to Literary Fiction Improve Social Ability? Assessing the Evidential Value of Published Studies With a p-Curve. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. Advance online publication. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/xge0001302 Zwaan, R.A., Etz, A., Lucas, R.E., & Donnellan, M.B. (2018). Making replication mainstream. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 41, E120. https://doi:10.1017/S0140525X17001972 Met speciale dank aan Lynn Eekhof voor een overzicht van recente literatuur over dit onderwerp. Muziek geschreven en gespeeld door Rolf Zwaan

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Anita Eerland, Rolf Zwaan

28 juli 2022

The Medieval Podcast | Medieval Well Poisoning Accusations with Tzafrir Barzilay

Medieval antisemitism flared up most famously and tragically during the Black Death when Jews were accused of deliberately poisoning wells, and thousands were executed for this wholly imagined crime. This week, Daniele speaks with Tzafrir Barzliay about what made well poisoning conspiracy theories so powerful, and how they started. This podcast is made possible by the generous support of listeners like you! To find out how to help spread the joy of medieval history, please visit patreon.com/themedievalpodcast

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Danièle Cybulskie, Tzafrir Barzilay

30 juni 2022

Critical and scientific thinking

Critical thinking is one of the biggest hiatuses in our education system. Learning to distinguish sense from nonsense is of great importance in the information age that we live in. In a systematic way, this book helps you to gain insight into, and subsequently eliminate, the most important reasoning errors that we all tend to make. It also helps you to debunk weak and fallacious arguments and unreliable information. In addition to understanding what critical and scientific thinking entails, you will learn more about what makes science reliable. In times of skepticism regarding science, where (sometimes dangerous) pseudoscientific and conspiracy theories run rampant, this is particularly important. Critical thinking is not a matter of intellectual preference or even self-interest (although one certainly benefits from thinking critically). It is first and foremost a matter of moral and social responsibility. Better thinking leads to a better world. With this book I hope to contribute to that important goal and you, dear student or reader, can do the same!

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Michael Vlerick

3 februari 2022

Drang naar Samenhang | # 18 Complotdenken versus kritisch denken

Kritisch denken wordt vaak gezien als vaardigheid die beschermt tegen het geloof in complotverhalen, terwijl complotdenkers zichzelf juist lijken te zien als kritische denkers. Hoe zit dat nu precies? Wat wordt er met kritisch denken en complotdenken bedoeld? En hoe kan complotdenken ervoor zorgen dat mensen in een heel scala aan complotverhalen gaan geloven? Aan de hand van recent psychologisch onderzoek bespreken Rolf en Anita antwoorden op deze vragen. Meer over complotverhalen vind je in hoofdstuk 14 van het boek Drang naar Samenhang: De Psychologie van het Begrijpen. Bronnen: Artikel Scientific American Goertzel, T. (1994). Belief in conspiracy theories. Political Psychology, 15(4), 731– 742. Goertzel, T. (2011). The conspiracy meme. Skeptical Inquirer, 35(1), 28-37. Lantian, A., Bagneux, V., Delouvee, S., & Gauvrit, N. (2021). Maybe a free thinker but not a critical one: High conspiracy belief is associated with low critical thinking ability. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 35(3), 674-684. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3790 Moulin, C.J.A., Bell, N., Turunen, M., Baharin, A, & O’Connor, A.R. (2021). The the the the induction of jamais vu in the laboratory: Word alienation and semantic satiation. Memory, 29(7), 933-942. DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2020.1727519 Van Prooijen J.W. (2017). Why education predicts decreased belief in conspiracy theories. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 31(1), 50–58. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3301 Williams, M.N., Marques, M.D., Hill, S.R., Kerr, J.R., & Ling, M. (2022). Why are beliefs in different conspiracy theories positively correlated across individuals? Testing monological network versus unidimensional factor model explanations. British Journal of Social Psychology, 00, 1– 21. https://doi-org.eur.idm.oclc.org/10.1111/bjso.12518

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Anita Eerland, Rolf Zwaan