Want to read a brain-bending investigation of why some people never change their minds—and others do in an instant? Want to learn how to change minds, including your own? Here are all the ways you can preorder How Minds Change: https://t.co/iDiJIDHRFx

According to actual, real studies into this sort of thing, the number of people needed to ensure a protest movement succeeds is much lower than you might assume: https://t.co/rd68WKm233 Apple Podcats: https://t.co/sqYKAMpp62 Spotify:

Why people don’t speak out against, and even defend, norms they secretly despise: https://t.co/t7VxbSgfIx Apple Podcasts: https://t.co/5E6XNLYfle Spotify:

If you had 200 people in a room, and wanted to *stop* them from meeting each other, a great way to do it would be to give one of them a mic, and put the other 199 in chairs

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New Book Progress Update: I just drank chocolate Carnation Instant Breakfast out of a Mason jar for lunch before writing about the role of hermeneutics in the pursuit of intellectual humility when avoiding the fallacy of reification concerning abstractions like "genius" 👋

About to attend a conference of scientists who study disagreement at the Center for Enlightened Disagreement at Northwestern. Article about the center:

Seems a good time to re-share this episode of YANSS about why civil resistance is incredibly powerful and how that works (scientifically), but also what it takes to make it work after the soldiers and police arrive:

Why (and how) civil resistance works, and why the number of people needed to reach a protest movement's goals is much lower than you might assume: New episode with Erica Chenoweth -

. @notsmartblog's @DavidMcRaney introduces a special critical thinking issue of @SkeptInquirer—featuring @critikids, @ThinkingPowers, @Quackwatch21, and more. Explore the intro and full issue: https://t.co/mqCMhAppAg #CriticalThinking #ScienceEd

Last year’s EPA, CDC, and CPSC joint study on the use of recycled rubber in parks and playing fields is one of the most comprehensive to date. Their findings were definitive: “Chemical exposures were likely limited and similar between natural grass and turf fields.” The study

Hey everyone wondering if you can ever get through to people stuck in cult-like thinking and change their minds (spoiler - you can). How Minds Change is, right now, a Kindle Daily Deal for $1.99 on Amazon. Limited time, ends at midnight, here's a link:

New episode: The science behind how our propensity for magical thinking can lead us to deceive each other by first deceiving ourselves –

That’s true for the famous image, not the one above or just about any other photo of The Dress. The original was ambiguously overexposed, and the brain dutifully attempts disambiguation via your overexposure priors.

The more you’ve seen objects overexposed in natural light over your lifetime, the more likely your brain will assume it is overexposed in natural light and remove the blue tint, resulting in white and gold. The more artificial Iight, it removes the yellow tint: in black and blue.

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On the 10th anniversary of The Dress, I checked in on @Pascallisch, one of the NYU psychologists whose research revealed why we see it differently. He said it is “the ultimate temporal touchstone” of the before times. He was also wearing the dress (will post to YANSS Patreon):

New episode: Why you are more likely to doubt true news that you would rather not believe than you are to believe fake news you wish was true (no matter your ideology):

Does the culture you grow up in shape the way you see the world? In a new Psych Review paper, @chazfirestone & I tackle this centuries-old question using the Müller-Lyer illusion as a case study. Come think through one of history's mysteries with us🧵(1/13):

If an article makes your side look bad, then "resistance to true news [is] stronger than susceptibility to fake news" no matter your ideology. And the more objective you believe you are, the stronger the effect:

Why is America stuck in crisis mode? Historian Marc Egnal says it’s not just politics — it’s the myths we tell ourselves. From tariffs to Trump, he unpacks how our national story fuels today’s chaos. Read interview w/ @LynnParramore

What we can learn about perception, priors, and truth itself from the party dress that sparked a global debate over the nature of reality (with @willapaskin) —

Question sandwiches, WAIT questions, The Five Whys and more: How asking the right kinds of questions can lead to innovations, discoveries, and breakthroughs:

I just finished "How Minds Change" by @davidmcraney . A really fascinating deep dive into effective persuasion techniques taking it all the way back to the evolution of human minds. Essential reading for those in advocacy or campaigning!📖 https://t.co/2uvA1ZPeYy

Team Scientist podcast roundup: @morewedge on @SamuelSalzar & @alineholzwarth’s Behavioral Design Podcast https://t.co/VblAUA0EIO @DG_Rand on @davidmcraney’s You Are Not So Smart Podcast https://t.co/uMachABXG3 David Yeager on @LoopyGoose’s Parenting Teenagers Untangled

Tennis doesn’t give you shortcuts. No buzzer to end the pain. No break to regroup. No teammate to lean on. Just you, your thoughts, and the next point. This is as raw as it gets.