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ML182: Tom Chatfield on Overcoming Cognitive Biases, Finding Trustworthy Sources and How To Think Better

Sep 8, 2021

59:21

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Thinking Is Hard Work

03:53

Are You Trying to Understand What's Going On?

05:17

Are We Going to Change Our Minds?

05:23

Introduction

2min

The Pandemic - A Case Study

5min

Explaining Things to Children

2min

Reflecting on Your Experience in School

3min

How We Think by John Dewey

4min

Cognitive Bias and the Fallacy Fallacy

6min

Is There Something We Can Do About It?

3min

Are We Going to Change Our Minds?

5min

What Do You Look for in a Trusted Expert?

4min

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Are There Any Examples of People Who Embody Those Principles?

4min

11.

Are You Trying to Understand What's Going On?

5min

12.

Data Is Made Not Found

6min

13.

Thinking Is Hard Work

4min

14.

How to Give People the Space to Ask Open Questions

5min

Tom Chatfield is a philosopher and author of the books Critical Thinking and How To Think. In this episode we discuss:- How to avoid common thinking mistakes and deal with your biases to be less wrong- The three characteristics of valuable information sources- How to understand statistics and form an accurate picture of reality in a data driven world

We also discuss Tom’s experience writing a book during the pandemic and the task of teaching people to think. This episode will help you overcome thinking mistakes and make sense of the world around you.

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