Extremists are more confident

N Heinzelmann, V Tran - Erkenntnis, 2024 - Springer
Metacognitive mental states are mental states about mental states. For example, I may be
uncertain whether my belief is correct. In social discourse, an interlocutor's metacognitive …

'I do not know': an examination of reactions to virtual agents that fail to answer the user's questions

M Söderlund - The International Review of Retail, Distribution and …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Virtual agents (VAs) used by retailers for online contacts with customers are becoming
increasingly common. So far, however, many of them display relatively poor performance in …

The impact of communicating advocacy and scientific uncertainty on a scientist's trustworthiness

I Janssen, R Jucks - Fachsprache-Journal of Professional and …, 2023 - elibrary.utb.de
A central aspect of scientific knowledge is scientific uncertainty. When scientists touch upon
political issues, there are two contrary expectations: One is that scientists communicate in a …

The Problem of Expert Appraisal: Metacognition and the Rationality of “Thinking for Yourself”

C Cruz Centeno - 2024 - diposit.ub.edu
In our current age of hyperspecialization, we often turn to experts to help us settle many of
our important questions. But faced with uncertainty of when to trust experts and which ones …

Biasimare l'agente ignorante: le false credenze sul cambiamento climatico

F Pongiglione - Sistemi intelligenti, 2023 - rivisteweb.it
Il sesto rapporto di valutazione dell'Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change uscito nel
2022 giunge come un'ennesima conferma non solo dell'inequivocabile esistenza del …