Paul Vanags

At this point in my #Pint25 talk I was regaling the audience, who understandably thought they had come to a science talk, with a brief diversion into the cultural influence of world religions on our perception of prosociality and wealth. Scientists do not operate in a vacuum! (Well arguably some do)

Generous Minds: Giving and the Social Brain What makes us help, give, and connect with others? Join us for an evening exploring the science behind human connection. Discover what a global study revea…

I'll be talking about our findings on prosociality and wealth in a pub in a couple of weeks.. pintofscience.co.uk/event/genero...

A new journal just for publishing reanalyses of published empirical research findings
statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2025/04/16/a...

New WhatsApp integrated Meta AI..

Across six societies children engage in costly third-party punishment of unfair sharing - Communications Psychology Third-party punishment of unfair sharing is a hallmark of a normative concern for fairness in adults. Here, children in Canada, India, Peru, Uganda, USA, and Vanuatu show this same normative concern b...

Excited to share a new paper on children's third-party punishment across societies. This was a big collaborative effort and I'm so grateful to my wonderful co-authors for their contributions to this project.
Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Blog: communities.springernature.com/posts/childr...

Sad thing is it's not that incredible really. Buttler has to go, great batter, terrible leader, part of me is glad we lost cos it means he'll have to go, he's been awful as captain

Dutch pension fund ABP sells all Alphabet and Meta shares, CEO tells newspaper FD ABP, the Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in tech companies Meta and Alphabet , its CEO told Dutch newspaper FD in an interview published on Monday.

💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest

www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

Thanks.. I think chatGPT is trying to flatter me

This is cool and an interesting way of revealing some of the terrible AI biases. Out of interest what prompt did you use? I just gave it my name and asked it to generate an image, but it replied to say I needed to describe myself physically?

A person donates food in Chiang Mai, Thailand, in 2022. Stock photo.

People with higher incomes and people who describe themselves as “living comfortably” are more likely to report donating, volunteering, and helping strangers than people with lower incomes and people who are merely “getting by.” In PNAS Nexus: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

#science #valentines

One star!

So you're looking for arguments which refute the idea that those with the capacity to do so have a moral obligation to help others in need? (I don't know Nagel btw only Singer)

What do you think is bad about the argument?

I will post occassionally about the progress of my thesis write up. It will help motivate me, plus if anyone asks me "how's it going" they can be referred here, saving us both the awkwardness of a withering look. I have a contents page! Nearly done, right? +100 words written for every like/share.

Paul Farbrace on R4 on the key issues in England's current cricket woes. 1. Not scoring enough runs. 2. Not taking enough wickets. "These are really the key areas" #cricket #punditry

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Interesting and thoughtful consideration of the pros and cons of pre-registration and its use/abuse since inception as mitigation against some of the problems that led to the replication crisis. "Replication is the only arbiter of replicability". journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🌵Out now! Using an RL task that manipulates people's beliefs about agency, we show that exposure to & severity of early-life adversity is associated with lower learning rates & agency beliefs. w/ the brillant @thephelpslab.bsky.social, Kate McLaughlin, & Bryan Dong learnmem.cshlp.org/content/32/1...

Greater income and financial well-being are associated with higher prosocial preferences and behaviors across 76 countries Abstract. Prosocial preferences and behaviors—defined as those that benefit others—are essential for health, well-being, and a society that can effectively

New paper! Greater (objective and subjective) wealth is consistently associated with higher prosocial preferences and behaviours across 76 countries. Resource scarcity (precarity) also has an effect. bit.ly/410jni3
@thepsychologist.bsky.social
@fabiankosse.bsky.social
@drjocutler.bsky.social

USDA orders removal of climate change mentions from public websites The U.S. Department of Agriculture has directed officials to remove content related to climate change from its public websites, according to emails obtained by ABC News.

Freedom of speech is it? abcnews.go.com/US/usda-orde...

The thesis write up has begun. Any ideas for content, please DM.

Bishop asks Trump to show mercy to LGBT people and migrants Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde made a plea to the president in a sermon that Trump later criticised.

This is smashing, very brave to stand up and be counted, inspiring www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Abstract Art
**Hey, get a signed print of one of my comics: bit.ly/mind-print

The link says job unavailable? For me at least!

Musk’s wealth in 2012: $2 Billion
Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion

Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion
Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion

Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion
Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion

Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25
Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25

@oxfordcitycouncil.bsky.social this is what Lime bikes look like. What are you doing to prevent these cluttering up our city and being a hazard for pedestrians and road users?

**Check out our pre-print!** 1. Greater wealth is associated with higher prosocial preferences and behaviours across 76 countries. Holds for BOTH objective and subjective wealth. Resource scarcity (precarity), makes a difference. Read: psyarxiv.com/zc5a3