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Why do some people come up with bizarre seeming religious ideas and why do others accept them?
Read Moderate Fundamentalists to find out!
SCIENTIST
Dr. Upal is a computer scientist who studies how information spreads among social agents. He has used his research to:
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design a marketing technique (called Aha ad design) to design effective advertisements
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design a machine learning technique for predicting popularity of social media messages (likes/shares)
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develop the social identity entrepreneurship (SIE) model which explains how leaders develop and market ideas of social change
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develop a cognitive science of new religious movements which explains the development of new religious movements
AUTHOR
SOCIAL JUSTICE ACTIVIST
A scientist-turned social justice activist, Dr. Upal believes that if we see injustice and do not raise our voices, we are complicit in it. As a life long feminist, he has advocated for changes in misogynistic beliefs and practices deeply rooted in South Asian Muslim cultures.
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