Why You Should Argue to Learn, Dogs Want to Rescue You, and Do Blind People Dream?

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🗓️ 3 July 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Learn about the right and wrong way to approach an argument; evidence that dogs really do want to rescue you; and how blind people dream.

Don't argue to win, argue to learn by Kelsey Donk

Fisher, M., Knobe, J., Strickland, B., & Keil, F. C. (2016). The Influence of Social Interaction on Intuitions of Objectivity and Subjectivity. Cognitive Science, 41(4), 1119–1134. https://doi.org/10.1111/cogs.12380
Are Toxic Political Conversations Changing How We Feel about Objective Truth? (2018). Scientific American. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/are-toxic-political-conversations-changing-how-we-feel-about-objective-truth/
You’re wrong because I’m right: Why arguing to win is a losing strategy for all — the behaviorist. (2020, January 23). The Behaviorist. https://www.behaviorist.biz/oh-behave-a-blog/argue-to-learn

Dogs really do want to rescue you, it's science by Kelsey Donk

Yes, your dog wants to rescue you. (2020). EurekAlert! https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-05/asu-yyd052820.php
Van Bourg, J., Patterson, J. E., & Wynne, C. D. L. (2020). Pet dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) release their trapped and distressed owners: Individual variation and evidence of emotional contagion. PLOS ONE, 15(4), e0231742. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231742

Do blind people have dreams? by Ashley Hamer (Listener question from Aakash)

Meaidi, A., Jennum, P., Ptito, M., & Kupers, R. (2014). The sensory construction of dreams and nightmare frequency in congenitally blind and late blind individuals. Sleep Medicine, 15(5), 586–595. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2013.12.008
Zadra A., Domhoff W.G. (2016). Dream content: Quantitative findings. In: Kryger M. Roth N., & Dement, W.C. (Eds.), Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine, 6th Edition. https://antoniozadra.com/sites/default/files/biblio/zadra_dream_content_ch_50_main.pdf
The Tommy Edison Experience Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCld5SlwHrXgAYRE83WJOPCw

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from
0:04.7	Curiosity.com. I'm Cody Gough.
0:06.7	And I'm Ashley Hamer. Today you learn about the right and wrong way to approach an
0:10.3	argument and evidence that dogs really do want to rescue you.
0:14.0	We'll also answer a Lister question about how blind people dream.
0:18.0	Let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:20.0	When you argue, what's your main goal?
0:23.0	If you're just trying to, quote unquote, win the argument, you might be doing arguments wrong.
0:30.0	And I don't just mean you're making family dinners unpleasant.
0:33.0	According to research, you might be changing the way you understand the issue at hand.
0:38.0	So get ready to learn how to argue.
0:42.0	Now in a 2016 study Yale researchers identified two main
0:46.0	mindsets a person can take during an argument, arguing to learn and arguing to
0:51.7	win. When you argue to learn you arguing to win.
0:53.0	When you argue to learn, you're focused on cooperating
0:55.8	with the other person to better understand the topic.
0:59.4	When you argue to win, though, your sole focus is winning the argument. No matter how much it costs or how
1:06.6	many logical fallacies you have to make, you must defeat the other person in the argument.
1:13.6	So big deal, right?
1:15.2	Of course you want to win when you argue.
1:17.1	Isn't that the whole point?
1:18.9	Well, the researchers found that when people argue to win,
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