Andrea Jones-Rooy

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1,079 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 5 Sep

Andrea Jones-Rooy’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe · The Skeptics Guide #978 - Apr 6 2024 podcast

If you're trying to defeat another country, you want everyone to be as gullible as possible because then they'll listen to you.

I can't think of who you'd be referring to, Bob, but okay.

I wonder less these days, unfortunately.

Right.

I mean, you want a mix of and this is an oversimplification, but you want a mix of people who are going to look for the tiger and a mix of people who are definitely not going to look for the tiger.

Yeah, Brian went.

But there's also a bunch of research in information and communication, which is basically, like you said, like you're listening to a trusted, charismatic speaker.

It's an information shortcut.

And so at an individual level, it's just easier for me to listen to the person rather than have to work through every single problem myself.

Should I take the vaccine?

Is this happening?

Is this real?

Is the earth flat?

I just turn to the person who I think is the authority and listen to whatever they say.

And so on a local short-term level, it can be very advantageous for me to get these information.

In political science, we call them information shortcuts.

I'm sure that's – Heuristic.

Heuristic, yeah.

Well, I said that earlier about the driverless taxis.

So, yeah.

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