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You Are Not So Smart

You Are Not So Smart is a show about psychology that celebrates science and self delusion. In each episode, we explore what we've learned so far about reasoning, biases, judgments, and decision-making.

  1. 301 - Cognitive Dissonance - Part Two

    HACE 2 DÍAS

    301 - Cognitive Dissonance - Part Two

    In this episode we welcome Dr. Sarah Stein Lubrano, a political scientist who studies how cognitive dissonance affects all sorts of political behavior. She’s also the co-host of a podcast about activism called "What Do We Want?" and she wrote a book that’s coming out in May of 2025 titled don’t talk about politics which is about how to discuss politics without necessarily talking about politics.

    58 min
  2. 300 - Cognitive Dissonance - Part One

    11 NOV

    300 - Cognitive Dissonance - Part One

    In this episode, the story of a doomsday cult that predicted the exact date and circumstances of the end of the world, and what happened when that date passed and the world did not end.

    57 min
  3. 299 - Debunkbot

    28 OCT

    299 - Debunkbot

    Our guests in this episode are the scientists who created Debunkbot, a GPT-powered, large language model, conspiracy-theory-debunking AI that is highly effective at reducing conspiratorial beliefs. In the show you’ll hear all about what happened when they placed Debunkbot inside the framework of a scientific study and recorded its interactions with thousands of participants.

    1 h y 9 min
  4. 298 - Tribal - Michael Morris

    14 OCT

    298 - Tribal - Michael Morris

    In this episode we sit down with renowned cultural psychologist Michael Morris to discuss his new book, Tribal, in which he makes the case for seeing humans as an "us" species, not a "them" species.

    1 h y 34 min
  5. 297 - Project Alpha - Brian Brushwood (rebroadcast)

    30 SEPT

    297 - Project Alpha - Brian Brushwood (rebroadcast)

    Brian Brushwood tells us how he put together the most recent season of The World's Greatest Con, his podcast about incredible scams and over the top chicanery. This season is all about how two teenagers pulled off an incredible hoax called Project Alpha, a con job and a publicity stunt meant to improve scientific rigor and methodology when it comes to studying the possibility of the existence of psychic phenomena.

    1 h y 10 min
  6. 296 - Job Therapy - Tessa West

    16 SEPT

    296 - Job Therapy - Tessa West

    Are you unhappy at your job? Are you starting to consider a change of career because of how your current work makes you feel? Do you know why?

    55 min
  7. 295 - Easy Crafts for the Insane - Kelly Williams Brown

    2 SEPT

    295 - Easy Crafts for the Insane - Kelly Williams Brown

    In this episode we sit down with author Kelly Williams Brown, an old friend who (I recently learned) had attempted suicide, which is the subject of this episode – suicide prevention and awareness. In the show we learn about Kelly's latest book, Easy Crafts for the Insane, in which she recounts how, after she gained fame and success as a NYT bestselling author, her life came apart and how an anti-anxiety-drug-induced manic state nearly ended her life.

    1 h y 15 min
  8. 294 - Living Constitutionally - A.J. Jacobs

    19 AGO

    294 - Living Constitutionally - A.J. Jacobs

    In this episode we sit down with A.J. Jacobs, a journalist who attempted to live for a year following the US Constitution's original meaning as if he were an originalist.

    1 h y 28 min
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You Are Not So Smart is a show about psychology that celebrates science and self delusion. In each episode, we explore what we've learned so far about reasoning, biases, judgments, and decision-making.

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    You Are Not So Smart
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    2012 - 2024
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