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Everybody.

The cool we are by the baby, they went fire. Welcome! Welcome to the You Are Not So Smart Podcast, episode 105. If you are a long time listener of the show and you wait for new episodes week to week you know this episode is a bit delayed and that's because I was

crunching hard to finish my new book and I am happy to say it is finished. Yes there is no official title yet, but it's about the science behind how people do and do not change their minds both as individuals and in groups.

And if you heard the three episodes

about the backfire effect,

those are a sample of the sort of material in the book.

And that section actually is just a third of a chapter

out of 11 chapter is all about the psychology and neuroscience of mind change.

And I have more details as I go through the back and forth with my editor and all the

rest that leads up to putting a book out into the world. But in this episode, it's going to be a little bit different because of all that. What you're about to hear is an interview that I released to my Patreon patrons only. You can find Patreon, by the way,reon.com slash you are not so smart I

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