Finding the Intersection of Honesty and Comfort in Self-Talk

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Daniel Kahneman wrote about thinking fast and slow
Kahneman gives an example of a door-to-door salesman and self-deception
There are alternatives to self-deceptive strategies that are both honest and comforting
There are usually things that can make yourself feel better without resorting to lying

Podcaster and author Julia Galef talks about her book The Scout Mindset with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Galef urges us to be more rational--to be open-minded about what we might discover about the world--rather than simply defend what we already believe, which she calls the soldier mindset. The conversation is a wide-ranging discussion of our biases and the challenges of viewing the world objectively.