Cognitive Dissonance and Open-Mindedness

Episode Highlights With Dr. Marty Makary

• Why humans resist new ideas so strongly 
• What dogma is and the psychology behind it 
• The reason our minds are so happy and comfortable with one belief and why we resist new ideas
• What impeccable objectivity is and how to cultivate it
• The founder's effect and how what we hear first can be so impactful 
• Red flags of unquestioned authority and how to recognize them
• Blind spots related to hormone replacement therapy and our food pyramid
• Myths related to the dangers of hormone replacement and what the data actually says
• Places biases and blind spots show up in nutrition and health and what the evidence actually says
• What really causes heart disease and our blind spots related to health and nutrition
• His take on seed oils and what he found in his investigative journalism around this topic
• What linoleic acid is and what you need to know about it
• Fascinating data about antibiotic use, especially early in life

Resources We Mention

• Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health by Dr. Marty Makary
• Marty Makary, MD - His Website