Dr. Steven (Steve) Novella

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The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe · The Skeptics Guide #827 - May 15 2021 podcast

Are there people who have the scout mindset and people who have the soldier mindset? matched

Or does everybody have both on different topics? matched

Sacred cows, right? matched

Obviously, yeah. matched

I tend to look at it as breaking it down to intuition versus analytical thinking, right? matched

So your intuition is your gut feeling, how you feel emotionally about it, but also your innate sense, your instinct about what is probably true or what's going on. matched

And that can be very powerful, but also very misleading, right? matched

So it's good to listen to that, but it just presents a hypothesis, as Julia was saying. matched

You then have to back it up with analytical thinking, considering all possibilities, including the possibility that you are wrong. matched

or that your your your emotions are about you and not the other person you know you're misdirecting you know your your feelings because we do that we do that an awful lot you know that's just part of human psychology as well so but yeah don't just go with your feelings as if they're always correct and valid and not um misleading in any way because that's not true matched

And I think, you know, sitting back and listening to those people and to their emotional expressions is sometimes a skeptical thing to do. matched

That's what trolling often is. matched

You say things that are so like ridiculously absurd that it makes the other side like, what the hell are you talking about? matched

You're getting all, you know, you're getting all irrational now. matched

It's like, no, you're just blowing my mind. matched

Like what a jerk you are. matched

All right, well, Julia, it was very nice talking with you. matched

The Scout Mindset, available at booksellers everywhere, I'm sure. matched

Congratulations on your first book. matched

Yeah. matched

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