The Daily Populous

Philosophers and psychologists have long argued whether the main reason people punish others for bad behavior is to enact retribution or to impart a moral lesson.

Crockett added: “Despite having a taste for retribution, young children also value the social benefits that punishment can bring.

How social learning impacts the balance of retributive and forward-looking motives for punishment is an important avenue for future study. »

Credit: Jen Christiansen; Source: Information Disorder: Toward an Interdisciplinary Framework for Research and Policymaking, by Claire Wardle and Hossein Derakhshan.

In February 2017 I created seven types of “information disorder” in an attempt to emphasize the spectrum of content being used to pollute the information ecosystem.

Having monitored misinformation in eight elections around the world since 2016, I have observed a shift in tactics and techniques. »

Singer John Lydon of the Sex Pistols attends the Los Angeles premiere of the docuseries "PUNK" on March 4, 2019.

Sex Pistols star John Lydon, also known as Johnny Rotten, has revealed he was bitten on his penis by a flea after he rescued some squirrels.

Lydon says he does not want to "blame the poor squirrels" and has been liberally applying Vaseline to ease the itchiness. »

(CNN) A federal appeals court on Friday dealt the Trump campaign's effort to change the outcome of the presidential election another blow, writing in a scathing opinion that the campaign's lawsuit lacked proof and its allegations in Pennsylvania "have no merit.".

"It never alleges that any defendant treated the Trump campaign or its votes worse than it treated the Biden campaign or its votes.

The lawsuit was rejected last Saturday, when a lower court judge called it "Frankenstein's monster" for its poorly stitched together legal theories. »