For 2 questions on the Psychology Stack Exchange, I compared a standard “manual” literature review process using Google Scholar to 4 AI tools for generating references. Note: I did not use AI to generate the answers. Rather, the AI tools…
Category: Science
The Age of COVID (update)
Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination program started in December, 2020, picking up in earnest by March, 2021. The program focused on the oldest population first, with over 90% of people over 70 years old at least partially vaccinated by the end of…
The Age of COVID
Canada’s COVID-19 vaccination program started in December, 2020, picking up in earnest by March, 2021. The program focused on the oldest population first, with over 80% of people over 70 years old at least partially vaccinated by the end of…
Were early travel bans effective against the spread of Covid-19?
Evidence from previous pandemics, and early simulations generated after the beginning of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, suggested that travel bans are a common political tool for alleviating public anxieties, but have only limited effect in delaying international spread of the…
The Introspection Illusion
Decision Awareness In the early 1980s, Benjamin Libet, a neuroscientist at the University of California in San Francisco, conducted a series of pioneering experiments designed to study properties of conscious awareness. By this time it was already known that…
How to have a Logical Argument in Real Life
Many articles discuss the process of logical argument in select situations, presenting logic as an “alternative” method of decision making. This article’s premise is that logic can be used in many more contexts, and ultimately is the only valid method…
Practical Logic and Decision Making in Real Life
Many articles present logic in decision making as an “alternative” to the way decision making is typically done. This article’s premise is that upon reflection, logic is everyone’s preferred method of decision making – even illogical arguments use logically sounding…