Host Michael Taft speaks with author, science journalist, and psychology geek David McCraney about what kinds of conversations actually change the way we think. Interesting field studies of groups like Street Epistemology and Deep Cancers, stories of people who decided to break away from isolated groups like Westboro Baptist Church and the 9/11 Truthers, the deep neuroscience behind the “dress” phenomenon, the role of storytelling in human interaction, and more.
David McCraney currently hosts the biweekly Top 100 Podcast on human judgment and decision making, and recently produced a documentary on IQ and genius and a television show on how to better predict the effects of technological disruption. His latest book is How Minds Change, about the science and experience of change.
https://www.davidmcraney.com/
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