Daily Archives: December 22, 2021

Family Law In Australia

In Australian law, parents don’t have rights to see their kids. Family Law courts in Australia make rulings on child custody and parental access on the basis of what it believes is best for the children. As this is unknowable, … Continue reading

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‘Of pathogens and party lines: Social conservatism positively associates with COVID-19 precautions among U.S. Democrats but not Republicans’

Here’s a summary of a June 29, 2021 study: Social liberals tend to be less pathogen-avoidant than social conservatives, a pattern consistent with a model wherein ideological differences stem from differences in threat reactivity. Here we investigate if and how … Continue reading

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Risk perception, illusory superiority, and personal responsibility during COVID-19: An experimental study of attitudes to staying home

Here are some highlights from this new academic paper: * there are prominent examples where communications regarding desired behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic largely fall into one of two classes: imperative messaging, and communication that invites personal responsibility and reasoning … Continue reading

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