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[Link] Salon piece analyzing Donald Trump's appeal using rationality

-13 Gleb_Tsipursky 24 April 2016 04:36AM

I'm curious about your thoughts on my piece in Salon analyzing Trump's emotional appeal using rationality-informed ideas. My primary aim is using the Trump hook to get readers to consider the broader role of Systems 1 and 2 in politics, the backfire effect, wishful thinking, emotional intelligence, etc.