With so much speculation around what silly nickname Donald Trump will call Ron DeSantis, I wrote about associative learning & the psychology of name-calling along the campaign trail - and why it can be a surprisingly effective strategy. https://sheril.substack.com/p/ron-desanctimonious-and-the-psychology #science #politics #news
@Sheril I remember watching a documentary about Canine intelligence. They gave a maze test to some domestic dogs and a wolf hybrid. Memories a little hazy but it went something like this. The border collie made it through the maze in record time, and everyone thought he would be the clear winner. But the wolf hybrid used a diffent kind of intelligence and got out even quicker by digging under the fence. I guess we could say that "cunning" is a kind of intelligence, but it's different than being smart.
