Thank you, @dereklowe.bsky.social for commenting on our work @spac.bsky.social More on this soon: across several metrics, we find that it’s not the least knowledgeable who are the most overconfident, it is those who have some knowledge We call this the IKE - intermediate knowledge effect

We are hiring! If you are a #Psychology #Sociology #Neuro student, BSc or MSc level, and care about the role of human biases in the spread of #disinformation please consider applying (Lisbon based) If you are not but happen to know who is, do share euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/287003 @spac.bsky.social

@spac.bsky.social we don't publish much, but when we do.. Our most recent paper was: -Spotlighted by Sanchez and Dunning (yes, from Dunning-Kruger Effect) sciencedirect.com/science/arti... -Highlighted @NatureMedicine nature.com/articles/d41... -Visited >9k in <3mo www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A summary of our recent findings @spac.bsky.social highlighted by Nautilus Magazine. nautil.us/a-little-bit... (small correction, we are no longer at Nova, we are at LIP)

Absolute must read: “Government is too often about confidentiality, closed doors and discretion. Speaking openly has the consequence of not being invited “in the room where it happens”. “ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

@spac.bsky.social's most recent paper being featured by @Nature Human Behaviour. The wonderful illustration was created by #JoaoFazenda to show how a little knowledge may bring too much confidence. Link to the paper: nature.com/articles/s41... Link to João's excellent artwork: joaofazenda.com

Had a fun conversation w/ Conor Dillon and Gabriel Borrud for the #ScienceUnscripted podcast @dw_news Starting from @spac.bsky.social's recent paper, we discussed how much we should "dumb down" science to make it accessible and lowering the bar for saying "I don't know" (7min in 1.5x speed ;) )

Super busy week! -27th, learning about medical disinfo w/ @IRIS_Academic -28th, discussing "Impact(s) of human, data, and algorithmic bias" @JointResearchCouncil disinfo meeting -29th, "What should AI learn from Biology?" DigitalWPurpose summit -29th, find us Champalimaud for EU_ResearchersNight

First post on a fresh paper! Are the least knowledgeable also unaware of it? How does confidence vary with (scientific) knowledge? After years of working on these questions, our results are out in @NatureHumanBehaviour Open access fees were obscene but happy to share paper via email @Behaviour