Tag: Psychology

Jordan Peterson should make his mind up about Christianity, critics say. Prof James Alexander disagrees: he's a profound Jungian explorer who wants to help a secularised world see why Christianity still matters.

The word of the year is "Manifest", says the Cambridge Dictionary. What does it mean? Here's an example, says Prof James Alexander: public health busybodies were 'manifesting' when they confected the Covid 'pandemic'.

Prof James Alexander takes a look at the online tools and games developed by regime psychologists ostensibly to help identify 'misinformation' but really, he thinks, to train the next generation of Thought Police.

Are we all being 'nudged' to comply with alarmist Government responses to virus and climate 'emergencies', asks psychologist Dr Gary Sidley. The rise of the 'trusted messenger' ploy suggests we are.

Will Labour protect gender-confused children from the trans ideologues? Given its pledge of a "truly trans-inclusive" conversion therapy ban, the signs aren't looking good, says Clinical Psychologist Dr. Carole Sherwood.

The insidious growth of 'nudging' as a subtle means of controlling democratic populations is undermining our freedom in the West. But there's an important reason it cannot work for long, says Prof James Alexander.

Government psychological manipulation of the public has become normal in the U.K. in a trend consolidated during Covid. Dr Gary Sidley traces the roots of this illiberal movement.

In recent years, academic psychologists have turned to Amazon’s Mechanical Turk to collect data. But according to a new study, the data from this online survey platform may be largely worthless.

The claims by Government Covid adviser Susan Michie that she never advocated use of fear to influence behaviour are contradicted by her published statements and papers, says Dr David Seedhouse.

Government advisers now falsely claim never to have supported pandemic fear messaging. Nonsense, says Laura Dodsworth, who kept the receipts and sets the record straight.