Nick Byrd, Ph.D.<p>What was the best predictor of compliance with <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/publicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>publicHealth</span></a> officials&#39; recommendations to wash hands, stay at home, wear masks in public, etc. in April and May of 2020?</p><p>In our data (N ≅ 1000 people in the U.S), it was <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/effectiveAltruism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>effectiveAltruism</span></a> (believing we have a duty to help if it doesn&#39;t make things worse)</p><p>The best predictor of flouting public health recommendations?</p><p>Preferring <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/liberty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>liberty</span></a> to <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/equality" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>equality</span></a>.</p><p>And we didn&#39;t detect an <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/identifiableVictomEffect" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>identifiableVictomEffect</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104649" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.20</span><span class="invisible">21.104649</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/cogSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>cogSci</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/xPhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>xPhi</span></a></p>