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Mentioned in 7 episodes

The Knowledge Illusion

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Stephen Sloman and Phil Fernbach

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Mentioned in 7 episodes

Mentioned by Steve Sloman as his previous book.

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The True Cost of Conviction

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Lee Vinsel

as a book summarizing the superficiality of modern discourse.

24 snips

Jeffrey Lee Funk on Unicorns, Hype, and Bubbles

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Tim Harford

in the context of an experiment on the illusion of explanatory depth and its impact on political polarization.

16 snips

The Data Detective

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Julie Sedivy

as a book discussing how people often think they know more than they do.

13 snips

Julie Sedivy: How Language Shapes Us

Mentioned by

Steven Sloman

as the book he wrote about the knowledge illusion.

Steve Sloman: Information to Bits at the Artificiality Summit 2024

Mentioned by

Kevin DeLaPlante

in relation to the concept of the knowledge illusion.

025 - Why Tribal Literacy?

Mentioned by

Steven Sloman

as the book he popularized the idea of the knowledge illusion in.

Steven Sloman: Trusting knowledge

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Shankar Vedantam

at the end of the podcast as the co-authors of the book.

How Much Do We Really Know?

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