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rorchinik.bsky.social
PhD student at MIT I use computational and experimental methods to understand beliefs, particularly as they relate to issues like misinformation and climate change.
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New Bright Line Watch report brightlinewatch.org/accelerated-... -Expert ratings of US democracy at post-2016 low -55% of Trump-aligned Rs approve of "strong leader who does not have to bother w/Congress" -Jan 6 pardons, exec branch firings, Musk influence rated as grave threats 🧵 of results below

submitted 3 days ago • 7 comments

A new working paper with Daniel Banki, @urisohn.bsky.social and Robert Walatka, just submitted to SSRN. The paper is comment on Ryan Oprea's recent AER paper. The paper is processing, but you, my friends, get early entry. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

submitted 20 days ago • 2 comments

CamererFest got off to a great start with a thrilling poster session from generations of @cfcamerer.bsky.social academic descendants #cfcfc 1/10

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

New WP! The illusory truth effect (repetition -> belief) is core to psych of beliefs, & thought to be a deep bias impacting misinfo, persuasion & advertising Why would cognition include such a flaw? We argue it is a rational adaptation to high-quality info environments 🧵1/

submitted 25 days ago • 4 comments

Very excited about this paper! And make sure to check out my talk tomorrow if you’re at SJDM

submitted 467 days ago • 0 comments

Check out our new working paper! While Elon Musk’s embrace of the right has had horrible effects, it puts him in a place to be a credible messenger to Reps about the importance of climate change. Showing Rs his pro-climate tweets causes meaningful changes in pro-climate beliefs & intended actions.

submitted 484 days ago • 1 comment

Very happy to share a new working paper with some great coauthors! 97% of climate scientists agree that human-caused climate change is occurring. But how do people interpret this consensus? Is it a testament to expertise or a signal of bias? psyarxiv.com/ezua5/

submitted 519 days ago • 1 comment