Are You Susceptible to the Unwonted Effects of B S?

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The dunning cruger effect has been studied for over 20 years. People who are most confident in a particular cognitive domain are oftentimes the most susceptible to bes, and also likely to overestimate their actual skills. The first question that i would ask when you suspect, well, i may have just been exposed to some b s, is to ask the communicator what? What exactly is the claim? To clarify the claim. I cannot tell you how much money i have actually saved myself showing that asking these basic questions actually work.

John V. Petrocelli discusses the communicative perils of bullsh*t—and what you can do to stop it.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) Why BS is more damaging than you think

2) Three ways to sharpen your BS detector

3) Six clarifying questions to help you call out BS

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— ABOUT JOHN —

John V. Petrocelli is an experimental social psychologist and Professor of Psychology at Wake Forest University. His research examines the causes and consequences of bullshit and bullshitting in the way of better understanding and improving bullshit detection and disposal. He is the author of The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit. Petrocelli’s research contributions also include attitudes and persuasion and the intersections of counterfactual thinking with learning, memory and decision making. His research has appeared in the top journals of his field including the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Petrocelli also serves as an Associate Editor of the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.

• John’s book: The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit

• John’s Twitter: @JohnVPetro

• John’s academic profile: John V. Petrocelli

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: On Bullshit by Harry Frankfurt

• Book: The Agony and the Ecstasy: A Biographical Novel of Michelangelo by Irving Stone

• Book: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

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