641: Daniel Levitin | Weaponized Lies

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Daniel Levitin (@danlevitin) is a cognitive psychologist, neuroscientist, musician, record producer, and author of Weaponized Lies: How to Think Critically in the Post-Truth Era.

"Your brain clings tenaciously to beliefs that it's held, even when the evidence has been found to be bogus or untrue." -Daniel Levitin

The Cheat Sheet:
  • The most important quality for anyone who wants to be an evidence-based, critical thinker.
  • Why even society's smartest people fall victim to misinformation.
  • The first step to making good decisions.
  • How to dismantle bad arguments on the fly.
  • Why we need to look beyond averages when making a case.
  • And so much more...

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