You Are Not So Smart
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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:
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If you want to overthrow a dictator, resist an authoritarian regime, or create a movement that can change the national status quo, you don’t need half the country to join, you only need 3.5 p…
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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 -
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If you want to overthrow a dictator, resist an authoritarian regime, or create a movement that can change the national status quo, you don’t need half the country to join, you only need 3.5 p…
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. @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
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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 on Amazon for $1.99 Limited time, ends at midnight, here's a link: https://t.co/WcNLFfM8TP
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New episode: The science behind how our propensity for magical thinking can lead us to deceive each other by first deceiving ourselves –
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In this episode, the story of Clever Hans, the horse who changed psychology for the better. We also sit down with psychologist and magician Matt Tompkins. Matt is the author of The Spectacle of Ill…
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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):
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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):
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In this episode, we sit down with three disinformation researchers whose new paper found something surprising about both our resistance (and our susceptibility) to both true news we wish was fake a…
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What we can learn about perception, priors, and truth itself from the party dress that sparked a global debate over the nature of reality —
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In this episode we return to The Dress and the psychological lessons offered by one of the most viral moments in the history of the internet via an episode of Decoder Ring in which David McRaney sh…
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Question sandwiches, WAIT questions, The Five Whys and more: How asking the right kinds of questions can lead to innovations, discoveries, and breakthroughs:
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Podcast Episode · You Are Not So Smart · 12/09/2024 · 1h 2m
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New episode with @SSteinLubrano — How our drive to resolve cognitive dissonance can lead us to change our minds, accept our fates, and become more wrong, not less: https://t.co/QFdwUQ8r9I
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New episode: Why cults often grow stronger after their beliefs, predictions, assumptions, and leaders all turn out to be wrong —
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In this episode, the story of a doomsday cult that predicted the exact date and circumstances of the end of the world, and what happened when that date passed and the world did not end. Also, we ex…
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“A riveting read on the art and science of persuasion.” -Adam Grant In his book, HOW MINDS CHANGE, science journalist @davidmcraney explores why some people never change their minds while others do in an instant. What we think matters - learn more in HOW MINDS CHANGE. 🧠
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Great deal, ends at midnight: BookBub is discounting the eBook of HOW MINDS CHANGE from $16.99 to $2.99 — https://t.co/eLnR83RbwX
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New episode — an interview with the scientists who created Debunkbot, an AI that reliably reduces belief in conspiracy theories via back-and-forth chat, no matter how far down the rabbit hole a person may be: https://t.co/COca6xKrnb (try it at https://t.co/pBRyMlzNHa)
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Science Podcast · Updated Semimonthly · You Are Not So Smart is a show about psychology that celebrates science and self delusion. In each episode, we explore what we've learned so far about reason...
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Upcoming episode preview — just posted the video (on Patreon) of my full interview with the incredible scientists who created Debunkbot. The bot reliably reduces belief in conspiracy theories, no matter how far down the rabbit hole a person may be:
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New episode with @TessaWestNYU — Why you are in an unhappy relationship with your job, how to work it out if you can, and what you should do to avoid a messy breakup if you can’t https://t.co/S3G0ZXWNwz
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Are you unhappy at your job? Are you starting to consider a change of career because of how your current work makes you feel? Do you know why? According to our guest in this episode, Dr. Tessa West…
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I highly recommend @davidmcraney's You Are Not So Smart podcast - there's something interesting & helpful to learn in every episode.
How to handle contentious conversations with people ready to get angry over how your opinion isn’t their opinion -
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New episode with @KWilliamsBrown for #suicidepreventionawareness month. How to survive the feeling that everything is coming to an end when it most certainly isn’t (but it sure feels like it is) —
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In this episode we sit down with author Kelly Williams Brown, an old friend who (I recently learned) had attempted suicide, which is the subject of this episode – suicide prevention and awareness. …
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New episode with @KWilliamsBrown for #suicidepreventionawareness month. How to survive the feeling that everything is coming to an end when it most certainly isn’t (but it sure feels like it is) —
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In this episode we sit down with author Kelly Williams Brown, an old friend who (I recently learned) had attempted suicide, which is the subject of this episode – suicide prevention and awareness. …
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New episode with @KWilliamsBrown - Easy Crafts for the Insane:
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Podcast Episode · You Are Not So Smart · 09/02/2024 · 1h 15m
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