Irrational Rational Rationale

We Have Concerns

Anthony Carboni/Jeff Cannata

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🗓️ 29 May 2017

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Researchers at Tilburg University in the Netherlands surveyed both scientists and highly educated nonscientists and asked them to rate the two categories of people in terms of objectivity, rationality, integrity, open-mindedness, intelligence and cooperativeness. Both groups rated scientists higher on every one of these measures, yet scientists perceived bigger differences between the two groups than laypeople did. Anthony and Jeff discuss the findings and decide whether scientists are able to be rational about themselves.

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0:00.0	You with the headphones, what are you doing Wednesday the 30th at 5pm Pacific time?
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0:14.4	and as such is her duty to carry the ring to mortar or to mortar and to mount do that's how doctors work. This is we have concerns.
0:39.0	And he stands for mount do hi Jeff can I have any carbon hello concerned citizens.
0:49.6	Jeff yeah on like on the scale of people.
0:55.6	Oh people scale yeah got you on the total scale of human human beings.
0:59.8	How many percent are you better human then how many how many say.
1:06.1	Oh wow that's really getting to the that's good really getting to the heart of it.
1:10.0	I feel like that's a tough question because it would reveal my honest answer may reveal a certain level of conceit.
1:20.0	Yeah, a certain level of you know inflated sense of self worth.
1:26.1	Yeah.
1:27.3	But I'm gonna say 99% I don't know I think I think I'm in the I think I'm in a solid 60th percentile.
1:35.4	Yeah, I think so myself right around halfway.
1:38.3	Yeah, I think there are a lot of great people out there.
1:41.0	I don't think I think so too, but you think you're you think 40 more than 40% of the people are better than you.
1:46.9	Yeah, really probably no, you don't give yourself enough credit like overall like overall better.
1:52.9	We're not talking about like we're not talking about specific.
1:56.8	Traits, you know in general better than just in general.
2:00.3	Just a better person if you took every possible way to measure a human.
2:03.9	I think I'm in the 60th percentile.
2:05.5	I'm gonna say about I'm gonna say about 50%.
2:08.6	I'm a little shorter than you.
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