The 4 psychological markers of ideological extremism

sciart0
Jul 17
1 min read

KEY TAKEAWAYS

In this week’s Mini Philosophy interview, I spoke with psychologist and author Leor Zmigrod about her work on extreme ideologies.
Zmigrod isolated four distinct markers that correlate with people holding extreme ideologies.
In psychology, a correlation might suggest a causal relationship, but it cannot establish one without further experimental or longitudinal evidence.

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