You Are Not So Smart

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September 28 349 - AI Risk - Jesse Richardson
Jesse Richardson wants to improve our critical thinking about AI risk through the gamification of our rampant speculation. In this episode he explains AI safety isn't just one thing, there are a bunch of different risk profiles and each needs to be considered critically.
Previous Episodes
How Minds Change
Is It Game Over
School of Thought
Jesse Richardson’s Website
Your Bias Is
Your Fallacy Is
Melanie Mitchell on AI Intelligence
David McRaney’s Twitter
David McRaney’s BlueSky
YANSS Twitter
YANSS Facebook
Newsletter
Patreon

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1 hr 13 min
September 14 348 - The Dress - Decoder Ring
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 shares some insights from his book, How Minds Change, with Willa Paskin, the host of Decoder Ring.
Decoder Ring
Decoder Ring's The Dress Page
Willa Paskin's Twitter
CBC Interview with Willa Paskin
Is It Game Over?
How Minds Change
David McRaney’s Twitter
YANSS Twitter
Show Notes
Newsletter
Patreon

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44 min
August 31 347 - Under Alien Skies - Phil Plait
Astronomer Phil Plait joins us to discuss his new book, Under Alien Skies, in which he describes what it would be like (through human eyes and real physical experiences) to actually travel to Saturn, Mars, asteroids, and distant stars. Also, we discuss the recent surge in UFO sighting as well as his famous talk at The Amazing Meeting.
Previous Episodes
How Minds Change
Under Alien Skies
Phil Plait's Newsletter
Phil Plait's Substack
David McRaney’s Twitter
David McRaney’s BlueSky
YANSS Twitter
YANSS Facebook
Newsletter
Patreon

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1 hr 11 min
August 17 346 - No Nocebo Effect - Helen Pilcher
The suffering is real, but the source may not be what you assume. That's the essence of the nocebo effect, the placebo effect's evil twin. As neuroscientist Dr. Helen Pilcher explains, illness is not simply a matter of biology. Our thoughts, conscious or otherwise, can make lead to symptoms in unexpected ways.
Previous Episodes
How Minds Change
Dr. Helen Pilcher
This Book May Cause Side Effects
David McRaney’s Twitter
David McRaney’s BlueSky
YANSS Twitter
YANSS Facebook
Newsletter
Patreon

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1 hr
August 03 345 - A Pox on Fools - Thomas Levenson
MIT professor Thomas Levenson, the author of the book A Pox on Fools, takes us through the same repeating patterns throughout history which have led to antivaxxers and vaccine hesitancy since the very first vaccines.
Previous Episodes
How Minds Change
Thomas Levenson
A Pox on Fools
A History of Vaccines
David McRaney’s Twitter
David McRaney's BlueSky
YANSS Twitter
YANSS Facebook
Newsletter
Patreon

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1 hr 7 min
August 03 344 - Intellectual Humility - Tenelle Porter
Can intellectual humility be measured? What influences it and affects it, limits it and enhances it? What even is it, scientifically speaking? We explore all of this and then play an episode of How to Be A Better Human featuring psychologist Tenelle Porter telling comedian Chris Duffy how she is researching how to conduct better research into intellectual humility.
Previous Episodes
Transcript at TED
How to Be A Better Human
The Gateway Drugs to Intellectual Humility
Tenelle Porter's Research
Tenelle Porter's Website
The Illusion of Explanatory Depth
Kitted Shop
The Story of Kitted
How Minds Change
David McRaney’s BlueSky
David McRaney’s Twitter
YANSS Twitter
Show Notes
Newsletter
Patreon

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1 hr 8 min
July 06 343 - Misguided - Matthew Facciani
What is misinformation? How does it differ from disinformation or just plain ‘ole propaganda? How do we protect ourselves from people with nefarious intentions using all of these things to affect our thoughts, feelings, and behavior? That’s what we discuss in this episode with Matthew Facciani, social scientist and author of Misguided: Where Misinformation Starts, How it Spreads, and What We Can Do About It.
Matthew Facciani's Website
The Misguided Podcast
Misguided
Kitted Shop
The Story of Kitted
How Minds Change
David McRaney's BlueSky
David McRaney’s Twitter
YANSS Twitter
Show Notes
Newsletter
Patreon

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1 hr 9 min
June 22 342 - The Conspiracy Theorist Who Changed His Mind
Tim Harford of the podcast Cautionary Tales sits down with David McRaney to hear a story from David's book, How Minds Change, about how (and why) a prominent conspiracy theorist realized he was wrong.
Charlie Veitch was certain that 9/11 was an inside job. The attack on the World Trade Center wasn’t the work of Al-Qaeda, but an elaborate conspiracy. He became a darling of so-called “9/11 truthers” until he actually visited Ground Zero to meet architects, engineers and the relatives of the dead.
The trip changed his mind. His fellow “truthers” did not take Charlie’s conversion well.
Kitted
Previous Episodes
How Minds Change
Cautionary Tales
Tim Harford
David McRaney’s Twitter
David McRaney’s BlueSky
YANSS Twitter
YANSS Facebook
Newsletter
Patreon

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48 min
June 08 341 - Positive Rants - Heather Barnes
Communications professor Heather Barnes teaches us how to use what she learned teaching at Second City, managing the Museum of Science and Industry, and taking classes at the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science to truly engage with difficult people through the power of positive rants.
Kitted
Previous Episodes
How Minds Change
Heather Barnes
Improv@Work
Second City
The Center for Enlightened Disagreement
Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science
David McRaney’s Twitter
David McRaney’s BlueSky
YANSS Twitter
YANSS Facebook
Newsletter
Patreon

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46 min
May 25 340 - Thinking Sideways - Jennifer Shahade
There are more possible chess moves than atoms in the universe, and chess champion Jennifer Shahade tells us how we can borrow from the best chess players' decision-tree approach to avoid considering every possible option and instead "think sideways" to consider the best choices on the board.
Previous Episodes
How Minds Change
Jennifer Shahade’s Website
Thinking Sideways
Does chess need intelligence?
David McRaney’s Twitter
David McRaney's BlueSky
YANSS Twitter
YANSS Facebook
Newsletter
Patreon

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1 hr 3 min

About You Are Not So Smart

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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 reasoning, biases, judgments, and…