Phil Fernbach

I think that that's right. So if I feel like I understand something and I feel like I know it well, I'm gonna be less likely to listen to counter evidence and counter explanations or to do more research into the issue to learn more about it. If I already feel like I understand it, it's really hard to reach me with counter evidence.

I think that that's right. So if I feel like I understand something and I feel like I know it well, I'm gonna be less likely to listen to counter evidence and counter explanations or to do more research into the issue to learn more about it. If I already feel like I understand it, it's really hard to reach me with counter evidence.

I think that that's right. So if I feel like I understand something and I feel like I know it well, I'm gonna be less likely to listen to counter evidence and counter explanations or to do more research into the issue to learn more about it. If I already feel like I understand it, it's really hard to reach me with counter evidence.

And so the people whose views seem to be the most out of line with what the scientific community says are the ones who are hardest to reach because they already feel like they understand the issue.

And so the people whose views seem to be the most out of line with what the scientific community says are the ones who are hardest to reach because they already feel like they understand the issue.

And so the people whose views seem to be the most out of line with what the scientific community says are the ones who are hardest to reach because they already feel like they understand the issue.

So we're not in the habit of engaging in a lot of explanation. most of the time. We just take things for granted, as we've been discussing. And so when we get in the habit of doing that, it's sort of hard to hide from ourselves that we don't understand things as well as we thought we did. A great example of this comes from work by Rebecca Lawson on people's understanding of bicycles.

So we're not in the habit of engaging in a lot of explanation. most of the time. We just take things for granted, as we've been discussing. And so when we get in the habit of doing that, it's sort of hard to hide from ourselves that we don't understand things as well as we thought we did. A great example of this comes from work by Rebecca Lawson on people's understanding of bicycles.

So we're not in the habit of engaging in a lot of explanation. most of the time. We just take things for granted, as we've been discussing. And so when we get in the habit of doing that, it's sort of hard to hide from ourselves that we don't understand things as well as we thought we did. A great example of this comes from work by Rebecca Lawson on people's understanding of bicycles.

So if you ask somebody, do you know how a bicycle works? A lot of people would say, oh yeah, I kind of know how that works. But then in the study, what she did was she asked people to draw bicycles. And if you sit down and try to do it, I encourage the listeners to try to do it. It's much more difficult than you might have anticipated.

So if you ask somebody, do you know how a bicycle works? A lot of people would say, oh yeah, I kind of know how that works. But then in the study, what she did was she asked people to draw bicycles. And if you sit down and try to do it, I encourage the listeners to try to do it. It's much more difficult than you might have anticipated.

So if you ask somebody, do you know how a bicycle works? A lot of people would say, oh yeah, I kind of know how that works. But then in the study, what she did was she asked people to draw bicycles. And if you sit down and try to do it, I encourage the listeners to try to do it. It's much more difficult than you might have anticipated.

And that's just a great example of, in that case, it's impossible to hide from yourself the gaps in your knowledge. They've just become revealed on the page as you try to draw.

And that's just a great example of, in that case, it's impossible to hide from yourself the gaps in your knowledge. They've just become revealed on the page as you try to draw.

And that's just a great example of, in that case, it's impossible to hide from yourself the gaps in your knowledge. They've just become revealed on the page as you try to draw.

That's right. A test that is designed to actually gauge knowledge. understanding of the way things work as opposed to a test that is merely regurgitating facts. So a test that's well designed to actually evaluate whether somebody understands the details or mechanisms of the way that something works would indeed reveal those gaps.

That's right. A test that is designed to actually gauge knowledge. understanding of the way things work as opposed to a test that is merely regurgitating facts. So a test that's well designed to actually evaluate whether somebody understands the details or mechanisms of the way that something works would indeed reveal those gaps.

That's right. A test that is designed to actually gauge knowledge. understanding of the way things work as opposed to a test that is merely regurgitating facts. So a test that's well designed to actually evaluate whether somebody understands the details or mechanisms of the way that something works would indeed reveal those gaps.

I have a colleague who was recently telling me a story about one of his classes where he was just imploring students, if you are using artificial intelligence to try to help you with the class. Make sure that you understand this and not just are using the artificial intelligence. And yet, when the test came around and they'd all been using ChatGPT, they learned that they

I have a colleague who was recently telling me a story about one of his classes where he was just imploring students, if you are using artificial intelligence to try to help you with the class. Make sure that you understand this and not just are using the artificial intelligence. And yet, when the test came around and they'd all been using ChatGPT, they learned that they