Gleb Tsipursky || A Science-Based Guide to Truth Seeking

The Psychology Podcast

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Social Sciences, Science

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Today we have Dr. Gleb Tsipursky on the podcast. Dr. Tsipursky is passionate about promoting truth, rational thinking, and wise decision-making. He is a tenure-track professor at Ohio State, serves as the volunteer President of the nonprofit Intentional Insights, is a co-founder of the Pro-Truth Pledge, and the author of a number of a number of books, most notably the #1 Amazon bestseller The Truth Seeker¹s Handbook: A Science-Based Guide. He is currently working on a book on relationships and cognitive bias. In this interview we discuss: Gleb’s humble worldview How humans are not adapted to evaluate reality clearly “The backfire effect” How to make better choices aligned with reality When should we rely on our gut? How we so often fall prey to the “fundamental attribution error” Ways we can recognize the thinking errors that prevent us from seeing reality more clearly How friends can be the enemies of wise choices The irrationality of political decisions The importance of differentiating between the truth and personal values How Gleb derives his personal values Why people lose so much money in the stock market Why you don’t want to invest in a mutual funds Why the mainstream media be careful when they criticize conservatives The one thing Trump got right in Charlottesville How to convince your enemies to collaborate with you How Gleb escaped the darkness of mental illness through his rational approach to living How we can protect our happiness against emotional traps Gleb’s “Pro-Truth Pledge” (https://www.protruthpledge.org) How you can live the life you want to live --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-psychology-podcast/support

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Psychology Podcast, where we give you insights into the mind, brain, behavior, and creativity.
0:13.0	I'm Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman,
0:15.0	and in each episode I have a conversation with a guest
0:18.0	he will stimulate your mind
0:19.0	and give you a greater understanding of yourself, others,
0:22.0	and the world we live in. Hopefully we'll also
0:24.2	provide a glimpse into human possibility. Thanks for listening and enjoy the
0:29.0	podcast.
0:32.0	So today we have Dr. Gleb-C-Porski on the podcast. Dr. Tse-Porski is passionate
0:40.6	about promoting truth, rational thinking, and wise decision-making.
0:44.7	He's a tenure track professor at Ohio State, serves as the volunteer president of the
0:48.5	nonprofit Intentional Insights, is a co-founder of the Pro Truth Pledge and the author of a number of books, most notably the
0:56.1	number one Amazon bestseller, The Truth Seekers Handbook, A Science-based Guide.
1:01.2	Gleb, so nice to chat with you today.
1:03.0	Thanks so much, Scott. It's a pleasure.
1:05.0	So much to discuss. You really cover so many topics as I was trying to prepare for this
1:10.3	podcast today. I was, wow, like I didn't want to choose. for this
1:15.0	I was wow like I didn't want to choose but we have to
1:17.0	Exactly exactly and do you have any advice to people who might be overwhelmed with too many options in life?
1:23.0	Let me start with that question.
1:24.5	Have you studied that at all?
1:25.8	I looked at that.
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