202. Julia Galef — The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t
The Michael Shermer Show
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Are You a Pseudoscientist?
i think people are of multiple minds when it comes to how accurate their thinking is, or whether they want to be. There's a scale er called actively open minded thinking m developed by the psychologist john barron. Some people say, no, you should never change your mind. You should stick to your guns. These are people who value kind of am maybe loyalty or or steadfastness, more than they value truth. But then, of course, there's also, weig more difference in practice in how much people live up to these ideals of truth seekingM and so that was sort of more, what i was focused on was, am to what extent are we living up to these ideals
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