Are We Going to Change Our Minds?

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We need public figures and politicians to speak in a language of honest doubt. It is permissible for them to change their minds, where it doesn't have to be an apology,. There's been such a temptation, i think, to offer bold and definitive statements. We need to get very comfortable with the idea that certain kinds of risk require decisive, early action. And there are some really awful mission creep terms like 'mission creep', which sounds incredibly abstract but actually means pandemic surveillance.

Tom Chatfield is a philosopher and author of the books Critical Thinking and How To Think. In this episode we discuss:- How to avoid common thinking mistakes and deal with your biases to be less wrong- The three characteristics of valuable information sources- How to understand statistics and form an accurate picture of reality in a data driven world

We also discuss Tom’s experience writing a book during the pandemic and the task of teaching people to think. This episode will help you overcome thinking mistakes and make sense of the world around you.