Colin Cooper
@colincooperish.bsky.social
Retired psychologist in Ontario... Editor in Chief of the journal Personality and Individual Differences, and author of textbooks on individual differences . Previous president of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences (ISSID).
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BREAKING: Trump just TAXED Americans another 10% for imports from Canada…. All because of a commercial that was run during the World Series.
What a child.
What a child.
October 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
BREAKING: Trump just TAXED Americans another 10% for imports from Canada…. All because of a commercial that was run during the World Series.
What a child.
What a child.
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My therapist suggested that I write letters to all the people who have wronged me and then throw them into a big fire.
I did that, and I do feel better, but I don’t know what I am supposed to do with all these letters.
I did that, and I do feel better, but I don’t know what I am supposed to do with all these letters.
August 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
My therapist suggested that I write letters to all the people who have wronged me and then throw them into a big fire.
I did that, and I do feel better, but I don’t know what I am supposed to do with all these letters.
I did that, and I do feel better, but I don’t know what I am supposed to do with all these letters.
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Camper ‘singing his heart out’ triggers search and rescue response in B.C.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
Camper ‘singing his heart out’ triggers search and rescue response in B.C.
A solo camper belting out a plaintive tune was mistaken for someone in distress, prompting a full search and rescue response – including police and a drone team, in B.C.’s Okanagan last week.
www.ctvnews.ca
August 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Camper ‘singing his heart out’ triggers search and rescue response in B.C.
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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This is one of the traditional ways in which unwelcome people have been greeted in Scotland. 🤭
July 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This is one of the traditional ways in which unwelcome people have been greeted in Scotland. 🤭
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Someone here just used the term ‘Anglo-Saxophone’ rather than Anglophone, and I’ll totally use this from now on. 🎷 #IAMCR2025
July 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Someone here just used the term ‘Anglo-Saxophone’ rather than Anglophone, and I’ll totally use this from now on. 🎷 #IAMCR2025
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This is true. The gullibility of politicians, and, worse, some scientists, who have fallen for the hype, is likely to prove disastrous.
Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.
June 19, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This is true. The gullibility of politicians, and, worse, some scientists, who have fallen for the hype, is likely to prove disastrous.
21 gun salute is for KINGS. I suppose Trump can pretend that the parade was to celebrate the anniversary of the US army, and not his birthday. But the 21 gun salute is normally reserved for royalty in Europe. Pah.
June 15, 2025 at 6:40 PM
21 gun salute is for KINGS. I suppose Trump can pretend that the parade was to celebrate the anniversary of the US army, and not his birthday. But the 21 gun salute is normally reserved for royalty in Europe. Pah.
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To the cartoonist who drew this, well done.
May 18, 2025 at 3:33 AM
To the cartoonist who drew this, well done.
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Brexit has never looked quite so ruinously insane as it does right now. And it’s always been idiotic. Alone, outside the EU, needing to improve our relationship with our own continent but also terrified of the wrecking-ball lunatic in the White House. Cornered by our own ‘sovereign’ stupidity.
April 4, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Brexit has never looked quite so ruinously insane as it does right now. And it’s always been idiotic. Alone, outside the EU, needing to improve our relationship with our own continent but also terrified of the wrecking-ball lunatic in the White House. Cornered by our own ‘sovereign’ stupidity.
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Yep. Increasingly, distrust driven by lies & ideology.
Why Do People Distrust Science? www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/self...
"Distrust in science is fueled by misinformation, cognitive biases, and past mistakes."
"Skepticism is healthy. Blind distrust is not."
Why Do People Distrust Science? www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/self...
"Distrust in science is fueled by misinformation, cognitive biases, and past mistakes."
"Skepticism is healthy. Blind distrust is not."
Why Do People Distrust Science?
Science skepticism is rising. Learn why people distrust science—and how to think critically in a world full of misinformation.
www.psychologytoday.com
March 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Yep. Increasingly, distrust driven by lies & ideology.
Why Do People Distrust Science? www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/self...
"Distrust in science is fueled by misinformation, cognitive biases, and past mistakes."
"Skepticism is healthy. Blind distrust is not."
Why Do People Distrust Science? www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/self...
"Distrust in science is fueled by misinformation, cognitive biases, and past mistakes."
"Skepticism is healthy. Blind distrust is not."
"Governor Carney..." <interrupts> "do I infer from this that you would like me to refer to you as Governor Trump?"
March 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"Governor Carney..." <interrupts> "do I infer from this that you would like me to refer to you as Governor Trump?"
In the UK the most heinous thing a prime minister can do is deliberately lie to the House of Commons. On the very rare occasions it happens there is a grovelling apology followed by a correction to the official record.
March 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
In the UK the most heinous thing a prime minister can do is deliberately lie to the House of Commons. On the very rare occasions it happens there is a grovelling apology followed by a correction to the official record.
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French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
March 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
French Senator Claude Malhuret:
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
"Washington has become Nero’s court, with an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers and a jester high on ketamine... We were at war with a dictator, we are now at war with a dictator backed by a traitor."
BBC News - Fact-checking Trump claims about war in Ukraine
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Fact-checking Donald Trump's claims about war in Ukraine
President Donald Trump appeared to accuse Ukraine of being responsible for the war with Russia.
www.bbc.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
BBC News - Fact-checking Trump claims about war in Ukraine
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
February 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Word of the Day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet individual whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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⚡️ The historic moment of Estonia leaving the Russian-fed power grid.
On February 8, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia left Russia and Belarus energy system. By the end of the day today, they will have joined the European grid.
On February 8, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia left Russia and Belarus energy system. By the end of the day today, they will have joined the European grid.
February 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
⚡️ The historic moment of Estonia leaving the Russian-fed power grid.
On February 8, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia left Russia and Belarus energy system. By the end of the day today, they will have joined the European grid.
On February 8, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia left Russia and Belarus energy system. By the end of the day today, they will have joined the European grid.
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“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats”
February 8, 2025 at 8:35 PM
“There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and cats”
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Super key!
The Square One Fallacy www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/... @jonathanjarry.bsky.social
"We’re about to see an awful lot of this square one fallacy, as disingenuous actors and their ignorant followers argue that we have never studied things that have a large scientific literature behind them."
The Square One Fallacy www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/... @jonathanjarry.bsky.social
"We’re about to see an awful lot of this square one fallacy, as disingenuous actors and their ignorant followers argue that we have never studied things that have a large scientific literature behind them."
The Square One Fallacy
I recently had the chance to speak to an anti-vaxxer in person. Of course, he did not identify as such: they never do. He didn’t want to be pinned down and was just asking questions about vaccine safe...
www.mcgill.ca
February 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Super key!
The Square One Fallacy www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/... @jonathanjarry.bsky.social
"We’re about to see an awful lot of this square one fallacy, as disingenuous actors and their ignorant followers argue that we have never studied things that have a large scientific literature behind them."
The Square One Fallacy www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/... @jonathanjarry.bsky.social
"We’re about to see an awful lot of this square one fallacy, as disingenuous actors and their ignorant followers argue that we have never studied things that have a large scientific literature behind them."
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