SPAC - Social Physics and Complexity @LIP_PT

Thank you, @dereklowe.bsky.social for commenting on our work @spac.bsky.social

More on this soon: across several metrics, we find that it’s not the least knowledgeable who are the most overconfident, it is those who have some knowledge

We call this the IKE - intermediate knowledge effect

Research Fellowship (BI – Bachelor) - SPAC Group The Laboratory of Instrumentation and Experimental Particle Physics (LIP) is opening a selection tender for one Research Student Fellowship (BI – Bachelor) for research activities in the scientific su...

We are hiring!
If you are a #Psychology #Sociology #Neuro student, BSc or MSc level, and care about the role of human biases in the spread of #disinformation please consider applying
(Lisbon based)
If you are not but happen to know who is, do share
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/287003
@spac.bsky.social

@spac.bsky.social we don't publish much, but when we do..
Our most recent paper was:
-Spotlighted by Sanchez and Dunning (yes, from Dunning-Kruger Effect) sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
-Highlighted @NatureMedicine
nature.com/articles/d41...
-Visited >9k in <3mo www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A Little Bit of Science Knowledge Is a Dangerous Thing You might not know as much about science as you think.

A summary of our recent findings @spac.bsky.social highlighted by Nautilus Magazine.
nautil.us/a-little-bit...

(small correction, we are no longer at Nova, we are at LIP)

Absolute must read: “Government is too often about confidentiality, closed doors and discretion. Speaking openly has the consequence of not being invited “in the room where it happens”. “
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

@spac.bsky.social's most recent paper being featured by
@Nature Human Behaviour.

The wonderful illustration was created by #JoaoFazenda to show how a little knowledge may bring too much confidence. Link to the paper: nature.com/articles/s41...
Link to João's excellent artwork: joaofazenda.com

Had a fun conversation w/ Conor Dillon and Gabriel Borrud for the #ScienceUnscripted podcast @dw_news

Starting from @spac.bsky.social's recent paper, we discussed how much we should "dumb down" science to make it accessible and lowering the bar for saying "I don't know"

(7min in 1.5x speed ;) )

Super busy week! -27th, learning about medical disinfo w/
@IRIS_Academic
-28th, discussing "Impact(s) of human, data, and algorithmic bias" @JointResearchCouncil disinfo meeting -29th, "What should AI learn from Biology?"
DigitalWPurpose summit
-29th, find us Champalimaud for EU_ResearchersNight

Intermediate levels of scientific knowledge are associated with overconfidence and negative attitude... Lackner et al. show that individuals with an intermediate level of science knowledge tend to have overconfidence in their own knowledge and negative attitudes to science.

First post on a fresh paper!
Are the least knowledgeable also unaware of it?
How does confidence vary with (scientific) knowledge? After years of working on these questions, our results are out in @NatureHumanBehaviour
Open access fees were obscene but happy to share paper via email
@Behaviour