186: David Smalley | Why You Should Challenge Your Beliefs

The Jordan Harbinger Show

Jordan Harbinger

Business, Education, Science

4.8 • 12.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2019

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

David Smalley (@davidcsmalley) is an actor, comedian, and host of the Dogma Debate podcast, in which he -- as an atheist -- regularly discusses religion and politics with preachers, pastors, comedians, and people who hold different world views.

What We Discuss with David Smalley:

How David Smalley went from spiritual believer to secular atheist.
Why regularly challenging your own beliefs helps inoculate you against manipulation by others.
The tactics car dealers and clergy use to corral people into compliance.
What happens when atheists cling to faulty beliefs with the same fervor once reserved for their disavowed religions.
How to debate in a way that might actually change someone's mind rather than angering them to the point of doubling down on their initial position.
And much more...

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0:00.0	Angie's list is now Angie and we've heard a lot of theories about why.
0:03.9	I thought it was an eco-move.
0:05.4	For your worst, guess paper.
0:06.8	Ha ha ha. It was so you could say it faster.
0:09.6	No way.
0:10.4	It's to be more iconic.
0:12.0	Must be a tech thing.
0:13.2	But those aren't quite right.
0:14.8	It's because now you can compare up front prices,
0:17.6	book a service instantly, and even get your project handled from start to finish.
0:21.6	Sounds easy.
0:22.4	It is.
0:23.2	And it makes us so much more than just a list.
0:25.6	Get started at Angie.com.
0:27.2	That's ANGI.
0:28.6	Or download the app today.
0:30.4	Welcome to the show.
0:31.3	I'm Jordan Harbinger.
0:32.5	As always, I'm here with my producer, Jason DeFilippo.
0:35.2	I'm always impressed with people who can form a great argument,
0:38.2	seldom lose their cool, and cause their opponents to paint themselves into a corner time and time again.
0:43.4	Today's guest is no politician and certainly no angel.
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