Monthly topic

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New month, new luck! It's again time to announce the new monthly topic that you guys chose on the last poll. And it is:

Superstition, Irrationality, and The War on Reason



Now this could get curious... and at times maybe even hilarious!

Some details on the subject:

- Superstition and religion. Evolutionary psychology of religion.
- Urban legend, popular culture, and the herd mentality.
- Magical thinking, placebo, and effective theory.
- "Dumbing down" the population, a conspiracy or a natural process?
- The role of the media for crafting public perception.
- Anti-science and technophobia: the pushback against scientific and technological progress.
- Doomsday prophecies and real threats. Doomsday believers and movements.
- Cognitive bias in public opinion and politics.
- Pseudoscientific and irrational post-modern mindsets and movements.
- Stupid, irrational, and superstitious politicians and their positions.

And here's the poll for April:

[Poll #2001681]

(Feel free to suggest more).

Comments

[mahnmut.livejournal.com]

Something tells me I'm gonna love this month's topic.