How To Science Talks

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This podcast is a show about psychology that celebrates science and self delusion.

Episodes

  1. 08/07/2021

    The Climate Paradox

    In this episode, psychologist Per Espen Stoknes discusses his book: What We Think About When We Try Not to Think About Global Warming.

    4 min

  2. 08/07/2021

    The Conjunction Fallacy

    In studies, when asked this question, more than 80 percent of people chose number two. Most people said it was more probably that Linda is a bank teller AND active in the feminist movement, but that's wrong. Can you tell why?

    4 min

  3. 08/07/2021

    The Dunning-Kruger Effec

    In this episode, we explore why we are unaware that we lack the skill to tell how unskilled and unaware we are.

    4 min

  4. 08/07/2021

    The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy

    This episode of the You Are Not So Smart Podcast is the fifth in a full season of episodes exploring logical fallacies. The first episode is here.

    4 min

  5. 08/07/2021

    The No True Scotsman Fallacy

    In this episode, you will learn from three experts in logic and argumentation how to identify, defend against, and avoid deploying this strange thinking quirk that leads to schisms and stasis in groups both big and small.

    4 min

  6. 08/07/2021

    The Black And White Fallacy

    In this episode we explore the black and white fallacy and the false dichotomies it generates. You'll learn how to spot this fallacy, what to do when someone uses it against you, and how to avoid committing it yourself.

    4 min

  7. 08/07/2021

    The Fallacy Fallacy

    If you have ever been in an argument, you've likely committed a logical fallacy, and if you know how logical fallacies work, you've likely committed the fallacy fallacy. Listen as three experts in logic and arguing explain just what a formal argument really is, and how to spot, avoid, and defend against the one logical fallacy that is most likely to turn you into an internet blowhard.

    4 min

  8. 08/07/2021

    The Placebo Effect

    How powerful is the placebo effect? After a good night’s sleep could a scientist convince you that you had tossed and turned, and if so, how would that affect your perceptions and behavior? What if a doctor told you that you had slept like a baby when in reality you had barely slept at all? Would hearing those words improve your performance on a difficult test?

    4 min

  9. 08/02/2021

    Learned Helplessness

    In this episode learn all about the strange phenomenon of learned helplessness and how it keeps people in bad jobs, poor health, terrible relationships, and awful circumstances despite how easy it might be to escape any one of those scenarios with just one more effort.

    4 min

  10. 08/02/2021

    Conspiracy Theories

    In this episode we discuss the history, social impact, neuroscience, and psychology behind conspiracy theories and paranoid thinking.

    4 min
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This podcast is a show about psychology that celebrates science and self delusion.

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