Here is the study in question[1] and the money quote from the article's description: > In a recent Stanford study, participants were presented with brief passa

Here is the study in question[1] and the money quote from the article's description: > In a recent Stanford study, participants were presented with brief passages about crime in a hypothetical city named Addison. For half of the participants, a few words were subtly changed to describe crime as a “virus infecting” the city. For the other half, crime was described as a “beast preying” on the city. Otherwise, the passages remained exactly the same. I don't have a critical review to offer, but the first thing I thought of when I read this paragraph was the fraudulent study published by Michael LaCour a few years ago.[2] Ever since I read that, I've become very skeptical of new studies that purport to change opinions based on small, seemingly magical differences in interaction or presentation. ____________________________________ 1. http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0016782 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.... 2. https://www.thecut.com/2015/05/how-a-grad-student-uncovered-a-huge-fraud.html https://www.thecut.com/2015/05/how-a-grad-student-uncovered-...