305: Why we’re all not thinking clearly | Julia Galef, rationality expert

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🗓️ 5 May 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Julia Galef: "An important part of self-awareness is paying attention to your track record. How do you actually behave?” Galef, a rationality expert and author, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss why you think you're right all the time, plus: - How to actually overcome your own bias - Why you shouldn't let your passion become your identity - How to become more intellectually honest - How to be influential without being overconfident - How to become comfortable with failure & why you should Referenced in the episode: - Galef's book, The Scout Mindset. - IFLScience Facebook group. - Research showing patients respond better when doctors imply uncertainty. - Twitter study showing exposure to opposing views increases polarization. - Galef's TED Talk on why you think you're right, even when you're wrong. - Galef's podcast, Rationally Speaking. Our bestselling gut health supplement is back in stock! Make sure to use the code PROBIOTICPOD at checkout to save 25% off your first month subscription. It's the only blend in the world with our unique combination of four strains to beat bloating, aid digestion, and reset your gut.* To learn more about the supplement Jason swears by, visit mindbodygreen.com/probioticpod. mbg Podcast listeners can also receive $20 off your first COVID-19 test by entering code MBG20 when visiting samedayhealth.com. Enjoy this episode! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. *These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or taking medications, consult with your doctor before starting a supplement routine. It is always optimal to consult with a health care provider when considering what supplements are right for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the MyBuddyGreen podcast. I'm Jason Wachib, founder and co-CEO of MyBuddyGreen and your host.
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0:43.6	Performance is not guaranteed. Julia Galif is the host of the popular
0:50.7	rationally speaking podcast. She's the co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality
0:55.9	and her 2016 TED Talk titled Why You Think You're Right Even If You're Wrong
1:01.5	has been viewed over four million times. And today we're going to chat about her new must-read book,
1:07.7	The Scout Mindset. Why some people see things clearly and others don't. Julia, welcome.
1:15.2	Thank you so much. Good to be here. It's great to have you. I love your book. So I'm going to
1:20.0	start with the title. It's an interesting title, Scout Mindset. And you define what a scout
1:26.6	mindset is. You start off the book. So can you elaborate and fill us in? What exactly is a scout
1:33.1	mindset? Yeah. So a scout mindset, that's my term for the motivation to see things as they are
1:40.9	and not as you wish they were. So basically just being like trying to be intellectually honest
1:46.4	and objective and just curious about what's actually true. And the term, it's part of this kind
1:53.1	of framing metaphor of the book in which I say that humans are very often by default in what I
1:59.3	call the soldier mindset in which your motivation is to defend your ideas and your beliefs against
2:05.4	any evidence that might threaten them. And so scout mindset is an alternative to that. And I argue
2:11.6	that we should be shifting from soldier mindset towards scout mindset and I talk about how and why.
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