Igor Grossmann

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In modern psychology, wisdom is made of specific mental processes, and includes exercising intellectual humility, recognizing uncertainty and taking different perspectives. (Getty images/Unsplash)

Why you’re wise on Tuesday and foolish on Sunday: Practising wisdom in uncertain times

Wisdom fluctuates. New longitudinal evidence suggests wise reasoning is a trainable toolkit —not a trait — and repeated distanced self-reflection can strengthen it in daily life.
By training AI models, social scientists could more precisely simulate human behavioural responses in their research. (Shutterstock)

Beyond the hype: How AI could change the game for social science research

Large language models are becoming increasingly capable of imitating human-like responses, creating opportunities to test social science theories on a larger scale and with much greater speed.
Les experts et chercheurs des sciences sociales peuvent-il vraiment prédire des changements sociaux? Leurs avis durant la pandémie de Covid-19 indique que non. (Shutterstock)

Les limites de l’expertise en sciences sociales : les nombreuses prévisions ratées durant la pandémie

Les chercheurs et experts en sciences sociales ont peiné à prédire l’évolution de la société pendant la pandémie de Covid-19, révèle une vaste étude.
To find out how well social scientists can predict societal change, researchers ran the largest forecasting initiative in the field’s history. Here’s what they found. (Shutterstock)

The limits of expert judgment: Lessons from social science forecasting during the pandemic

A sobering picture emerges from a study testing social scientists’ ability to predict societal change during the COVID-19 pandemic.