Pint of Science Festival - Morality and Radicalisation

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MORALITY AND RADICALISATION - What goes on in the brains of terrorists?


How do terrorists make decisions?

How do they decide what is right or wrong?

Is there a common cause of conspiracy theories, radicalisation and social fragmentation?

Is analytic thinking part of the problem, not the solution?




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The behavioural science of terrorist morality

Terrorist attacks typically result from some form of purposive decision-making by the terrorist on the rights and wrongs, as well as the costs and benefits, of targeting particular sites. Our scientists will demonstrate a model of terrorist decision-making which considers such moralisation drawing on a number of first-hand accounts by the terrorists themselves.

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Inside the brains of extremists

Is there a common underlying cause between the spread of conspiracy theories, radicalisation into terrorist groups, disinformation, polarisation and social fragmentation? Have we structured our societies in such a way that we built in their own undoing? Is analytic thinking part of the problem, not the solution? This talk will cover infield interviews with members of ISIS, Neo-Nazis, QAnon, and others; psychometric surveys and psychology experiments conducted throughout 'the West' and the Middle East, and North Africa.


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