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Thinking Again with Adam Grant: The Power of Debate, and Knowing What You Don’t Know

Open to Debate

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Thinking Like a Scientist

Think like a scientist means that you don't let your ideas become your identity. You're as motivated to look for reasons why you might be wrong as you are to search for reasonswhy you must be right. When i think like a scientist, admitting that i was wrong means that i'm actually living by that value of pursuing the truth. It's reallyeasy for politicians to get accused of flip flopping whenever they change their stants. But it's not how frequently somebody changes their mind that matters but when and why. If you just change your policy to appease an audience and get their approval, that is literally thinking like a politician. And i think it we need a culture change on this

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