152 - Status Quo Rationalization (rebroadcast)
Live Show Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/you-are-not-so-smart-with-david-mcraney-tickets-58457802862When faced with an inescapable and unwanted situation, we often rationalize our predicament s...
21 Apr 201942min
151 - Behind the Curve
In this episode we sit down with the director and producers of the documentary film, Behind the Curve, an exploration of motivated reasoning and conspiratorial thinking told through the lives of peopl...
8 Apr 20191h 14min
150 - Belief Change Blindness (rebroadcast)
When was the last time you changed your mind? Are you sure?In this episode we explore new research that suggests for the majority of the mind change we experience, after we update our priors, we delet...
25 Mar 201938min
149 - Bad Advice
In this episode, we sit down with vaccine expert Dr. Paul Offit to discuss his new book, Bad Advice or Why Celebrities, Politicians, and Activists Aren't Your Best Source of Health Information.Offit h...
11 Mar 20191h 7min
148 - Rule Makers, Rule Breakers
In this episode, we sit down with psychologist Michele Gelfand and discuss her new book: Rule Makers, Rule Breakers: How Tight and Loose Cultures Wire Our World.In the book, Gelfand presents her resea...
25 Feb 20191h 13min
147 - The Replication Crisis (rebroadcast)
"Science is wrong about everything, but you can trust it more than anything."That's the assertion of psychologist Brian Nosek, director of the Center for Open Science, who is working to correct what h...
10 Feb 201945min
146 - Tribal Psychology (rebroadcast)
The evidence is clear that humans value being good members of their tribes much more than they value being correct. We will choose to be wrong if it keeps us in good standing with our peers.In this ep...
28 Jan 20191h 5min
145 - Team Human
In this episode of the You Are Not So Smart Podcast we sit down with one of the original cyberpunks, the famed journalist, documentarian, media theorist, all-around technology superstar and weirdo, Do...
14 Jan 20191h 10min
