Warning: This is radio. Well, it began as a podcast. There is no
programming produced for radio these days. This is one of the better
shows on NPR.

The host of Hidden Brain is Shankar Vedantam. He's been writing about,
well, psychology for years. The program is about unconscious motivations
that drive human behavior.

The US 2.0 series is a group of podcast/radio episodes that look at
politics.

I've heard a few of these, but in the first episode, "What We Have in
Common", the researcher being interviewed points out that political polarization is more about overestimating the extent to which the
opposition despises you. Really, they may just mildly dislike you, or
not think about you at all.

I guess you are being motivated to dig in ever more deeply into your
political beliefs by an enemy that truly does not exist.

https://hiddenbrain.org/

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On 2/25/24 8:15 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Warning: This is radio. Well, it began as a podcast. There is no
programming produced for radio these days. This is one of the better
shows on NPR.

The host of Hidden Brain is Shankar Vedantam. He's been writing about,
well, psychology for years. The program is about unconscious motivations
that drive human behavior.

The US 2.0 series is a group of podcast/radio episodes that look at
politics.

I've heard a few of these, but in the first episode, "What We Have in Common", the researcher being interviewed points out that political polarization is more about overestimating the extent to which the
opposition despises you. Really, they may just mildly dislike you, or
not think about you at all.

I guess you are being motivated to dig in ever more deeply into your political beliefs by an enemy that truly does not exist.

https://hiddenbrain.org/

It sounds like the usual gaslighting of the most despicable kind - if
you want to know what you're "enemy" thinks about you, you only have to
listen to what is coming out of their mouths, and to read what they write.

There's a reason psychologists are generally held in low esteem!! :p

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Ian J. Ball <ijball@mac.invalid> wrote:

On 2/25/24 8:15 AM, Adam H. Kerman wrote:

Warning: This is radio. Well, it began as a podcast. There is no >>programming produced for radio these days. This is one of the better
shows on NPR.

The host of Hidden Brain is Shankar Vedantam. He's been writing about, >>well, psychology for years. The program is about unconscious motivations >>that drive human behavior.

The US 2.0 series is a group of podcast/radio episodes that look at >>politics.

I've heard a few of these, but in the first episode, "What We Have in >>Common", the researcher being interviewed points out that political >>polarization is more about overestimating the extent to which the >>opposition despises you. Really, they may just mildly dislike you, or
not think about you at all.

I guess you are being motivated to dig in ever more deeply into your >>political beliefs by an enemy that truly does not exist.

https://hiddenbrain.org/

It sounds like the usual gaslighting of the most despicable kind - if
you want to know what you're "enemy" thinks about you, you only have to >listen to what is coming out of their mouths, and to read what they write.

There's a reason psychologists are generally held in low esteem!! :p

bonk

Folks, without even realizing it, Ian just revealed that he himself was
the subject of all this research. How does someone react to a perceived
enemy that truly does not exist? Let's take Ian.

The people who disagree with me politically, which is pretty much
everybody who isn't a classical liberal, do not think about me in any
way. I don't think about them.

The whole political polarization in this country is a massive troll with
straw man arguments.

How do you not get this?

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