![]() ![]() During the April 7th event, Galef discussed how embracing a. ![]() See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at. Fourth in the series of exciting speakers is host of Rationally Speaking podcast, Julia Galef. Her new book is The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t. She serves on the board of directors of the New York City Skeptics, co-hosts their. ![]() She was a co-founder and president of the Center for Applied Rationality. Julia Galef is a New York-based writer and public speaker specializing in science, rationality, and design. She is currently a writer and host of the Rationally Speaking podcast. Julia Galef received a BA in statistics from Columbia University. Julia is unusually good at thinking about thinking, so this should. She makes a compelling case that all things considered, it’s better to be a scout. Julia Galef is the host of the popular Rationally Speaking podcast, where she has interviewed thinkers such as Tyler Cowen, Sean Carroll, Phil Tetlock, and Neil deGrasse Tyson. This week is Julia Galef, the host of the great Rationally Speaking podcast and author of the book The Scout Mindset. She distinguishes between the “soldier mindset,” where we believe what we’re told about the world and march toward a goal, and the “scout mindset,” where we’re open-minded about what’s out there and always asking questions. Julia Galef is here to both stand up for the value of being rational, and to explain how we can better achieve it. And there are more than a few hot takes on the market suggesting that we shouldn’t even want to be rational - that it’s inefficient or maladaptive. Mom, apple pie, and rationality - all things that are unquestionably good, right? But rationality, as much as we might value it, is easier to aspire to than to achieve. Julia and social psychologist Jonathan Haidt (The Righteous Mind) discuss his moral foundations theory and argue about whether liberals should expand their moral horizons by learning to think like conservatives. ![]()
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