Clear+Vivid with Alan Alda

Steve Sloman and Phil Fernbach: How Do You Know That?

Jul 18, 2023

39:11

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Highlights

AI Chapters

Episode notes

The Knowledge Illusion: Understanding the Limitations of Our Understanding

00:42

The Power of an Explanatory Mindset in Productive Dialogue

01:41

Using the Socratic Method to Correct Someone's Misinformation

00:23

Introduction

3min

The Importance of Understanding

3min

The Contagious Sensation of Understanding

5min

The Importance of Understanding Yourself

4min

The Importance of Confidence in Leadership

3min

The Importance of Being Confident

5min

How to Solve the Problem of Ignorance

1min

The Benefits of Explanatory Mindset in Dialogues

2min

The Importance of Understanding Facts

3min

10.

How to Increase Receptivity to Other People

4min

11.

How to Stop a Compulsive Talker

2min

12.

Zen in the Art of Motorcycle Man

2min

13.

The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone

3min

Most of us don’t know most things. Yet most of us also think we understand a lot (OK, not quantum mechanics or Federal Reserve policy). We are all living with what Sloman and Fernbach argue is an Illusionof how much we know: a knowledge illusion. And this is fueling the fracturing of society.