You Are Not So Smart

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YANSS 340 – How to “think sideways” like a chess player so you can make better choices by considering fewer options Jun 1

YANSS 339 – How a new organization devoted to the science of debate, conversation, and deliberation plans to “save disagreement from polarization.” May 11

YANSS 338 – How to avoid the Ladder of Misinference in a world of sophisticated misinformation machines May 11

YANSS 337 – How to preserve your critical thinking and avoid cognitive surrender when using AI to solve problems, make decisions, and learn new things Apr 13

YANSS 336 – The science behind how to organize successful protests, boycotts, sit-ins and other forms of civil resistance Apr 13

YANSS 335 – How parts work works, and how it can lead to better debates with yourself and others (but most of all yourself) Apr 13

YANSS 334 – How magical thinking can lead us to deceive each other by first deceiving ourselves Apr 13

YANSS 333 – How can so many people watch the same event yet “see” so many different realities? Feb 16

YANSS 332 – Why resistance to facts we would rather not believe can be stronger than susceptibility to lies we wish were true Feb 16

YANSS 331 – The wicked problems that often emerge during debate, disagreement, and deliberation Jan 23

YANSS 330 – How to ask the kinds of questions that lead to innovations, discoveries, and breakthroughs Jan 23

YANSS 328 – The science behind a game (you can start playing today) that turns heated arguments into productive conversations Dec 23, 2025

YANSS 328 – The hidden geometry that shapes everything from pandemics to democracy Dec 23, 2025

YANSS 327 – How save ourselves from ourselves by solving the trolley problem inside us all Nov 25, 2025

YANSS 326 – The surprising, boney, bipedal, baby-driven origins of human language Nov 25, 2025

YANSS 325 – How cognitive dissonance can lead us to believe wrong is now right and right has always been wrong Nov 24, 2025

YANSS 324 – Why cults often grow stronger after their leaders turn out to be wrong Nov 24, 2025

YANSS 323 – The real (psychological) reason why you are unhappy at work and what you can (psychologically) do about it Nov 24, 2025

YANSS 322 – How the humbling science behind our general lack of intellectual humility can make us better humans Nov 24, 2025

YANSS 321 – How to glue life back together and craft a new self after setbacks, breakups, and fractures in your mental health leave you in pieces Nov 24, 2025

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As of 2026-09-18, You Are Not So Smart ranks #122 in the Science category on Apple Podcasts in Colombia.

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First charted2025-11-10

Best ever#57 on Apple Podcasts (Brazil) · 2025-11-30

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