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The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad

My Chat with Cognitive Scientist Dr. Hugo Mercier - On Human Reasoning (The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad_519)

The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad

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Science, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 3 March 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Topics covered include human reasoning, epistemic vigilance, intellectual humility, nomological networks of cumulative evidence, and the acceptance and future of evolutionary psychology. Hugo's website: https://sites.google.com/site/hugomercier/ _______________________________________ If you appreciate my work and would like to support it: https://subscribestar.com/the-saad-truth https://patreon.com/GadSaad https://paypal.me/GadSaad _______________________________________ This clip was posted earlier today (March 3, 2023) on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_1524: https://youtu.be/57u7mWmEAHU _______________________________________ My forthcoming book The Saad Truth about Happiness: 8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life is now available for pre-order: https://www.amazon.com/Saad-Truth-about-Happiness-Secrets/dp/1684512603 _______________________________________ Please visit my website gadsaad.com, and sign up for alerts. If you appreciate my content, click on the "Support My Work" button. I count on my fans to support my efforts. You can donate via Patreon, PayPal, and/or SubscribeStar. _______________________________________ Dr. Gad Saad is a professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, and author who pioneered the use of evolutionary psychology in marketing and consumer behavior. In addition to his scientific work, Dr. Saad is a leading public intellectual who often writes and speaks about idea pathogens that are destroying logic, science, reason, and common sense. _______________________________________

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0:00.0

Hi everybody this is God's God for the sad truth today I have another fantastic guest whose work I admire greatly.

0:10.0

Go Mercier how you doing?

0:12.0

I'm doing great.

0:13.0

Thank you for having me.

0:14.0

Oh, I'm so excited to have you.

0:15.0

Let me just mention a few elements from your bio.

0:18.4

You're a cognitive scientist at the Jean Nico Institute, and a permanent scientist at the Saint-Nacional of the Vachacientific.

0:27.0

Your main areas of research are human reasoning and the evaluation of communicated information which maps exactly on your two books, which is the latest book in

0:36.0

2020, not born yesterday, the science of who we trust and what we believe.

0:40.1

I don't have yet a physical copy so I can't show it but the other one I do have a physical copy and it's even cited in my last book.

0:48.0

The Enigma of Reason, Unbelievable book with that. Thank you.

0:53.0

Spurber that I cover the key highlights of your bio.

0:55.9

Is there anything you want to ask?

0:56.9

That's perfect.

0:57.9

Thank you so much. Okay.

0:58.9

And as I told you offline, people love it when I speak in one of the other languages so if I may in French

1:07.2

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1:13.6

the keep national de la Rouste. Argentina at Detroit, Detroit, the international of the United States.

1:15.1

You have the Tirobut, it's de padutu.

1:16.5

Well, is that I can resume that if I'm

1:22.4

I'll go visit to N Nant and will have to be

1:25.0

the B-E for the match, N-P-S-G, and you'll be my video

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