Episode 27: Intellectual Humility: Why It Needs To Be Okay To Say "I Was Wrong About That"

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In this episode, April discusses the concept of intellectual humility, which is something that people could use more of (and by "people," she means herself).

Episode 27 Show Notes (so many really good sources!!!):
Here's Ed Kang's article from the website YouEQ: https://www.you-eq.com/news-events/emotional-intelligence-skills-intellectual-humility#:~:text=According%20to%20Pepperdine%20University%2C%20there%20are%20four%20dimensions,intellect%204%20Willingness%20to%20revise%20one%E2%80%99s%20own%20viewpoint

Another good article from the John Templeton Foundation website (there's also a great YouTube video there called "The Joy of Being Wrong"): https://www.templeton.org/discoveries/intellectual-humility

Brian Resnick's Vox article, from which I gleaned a LOT of information:
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/1/4/17989224/intellectual-humility-explained-psychology-replication

This is a great, in-depth discussion of intellectual humility by Shane Snow: https://www.shanesnow.com/articles/intellectual-humility#intellectual-humility-intro

While this author and I are on different sides of some important issues, she speaks a lot of truth, and I have great respect for her:
https://aleteia.org/2017/08/05/even-if-we-disagree-i-respect-you/

Kate Horowitz on the connection between overconfidence and lack of intellectual growth: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/76773/overconfidence-can-stunt-your-intellectual-growth-study-says#:~:text=Being%20overconfident%20is%20a%20barrier%20to%20intellectual%20growth%2C,they%20do%20and%20what%20they%20do%20not%20know.%22

How acknowledging our intellectual limitations leads to knowledge:
https://www.konsyse.com/articles/what-is-intellectual-humility-why-is-it-important/

Gregg Enriquez's discussion of ego: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/theory-knowledge/202105/what-is-the-ego

Elizabeth Svoboda on why changing our minds is so difficult: https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_is_it_so_hard_to_change_peoples_minds

Matthew Buckley discusses ways to talk to people with whom you disagree: https://www.psychreg.org/respect-other-peoples-opinion/