The Psychology Podcast18 Heinä 2019

Gleb Tsipursky || A Science-Based Guide to Truth Seeking

Today we have Dr. Gleb Tsipursky on the podcast. Dr. Tsipursky is passionate about promoting truth, rational thinking, and wise decision-making. He is a tenure-track professor at Ohio State, serves as the volunteer President of the nonprofit Intentional Insights, is a co-founder of the Pro-Truth Pledge, and the author of a number of a number of books, most notably the #1 Amazon bestseller The Truth Seeker¹s Handbook: A Science-Based Guide. He is currently working on a book on relationships and cognitive bias.

In this interview we discuss:

Gleb’s humble worldview
How humans are not adapted to evaluate reality clearly
“The backfire effect”
How to make better choices aligned with reality
When should we rely on our gut?
How we so often fall prey to the “fundamental attribution error”
Ways we can recognize the thinking errors that prevent us from seeing reality more clearly
How friends can be the enemies of wise choices
The irrationality of political decisions
The importance of differentiating between the truth and personal values
How Gleb derives his personal values
Why people lose so much money in the stock market
Why you don’t want to invest in a mutual funds
Why the mainstream media be careful when they criticize conservatives
The one thing Trump got right in Charlottesville
How to convince your enemies to collaborate with you
How Gleb escaped the darkness of mental illness through his rational approach to living
How we can protect our happiness against emotional traps
Gleb’s “Pro-Truth Pledge” (https://www.protruthpledge.org)
How you can live the life you want to live

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