Podcast appearances and mentions of steven sloman

Cognitive scientist and psychologist Professor Steve Sloman of Brown University (

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This week Michael tackles the whole morass of “my opinion can beat up your opinion,” and other utterly stupid effects of the Internet on the Gun Culture. MichaelBane.TV - On the Radio episode # 218. Scroll down for reference links on topics discussed in this episode. Disclaimer: The statements and opinions expressed here are our own and may not represent those of the companies we represent or any entities affiliated to it. Host: Michael Bane Producer: Flying Dragon Ltd. More information and reference links: Why Humans Increasingly are Unaware of Their Ignorance (And Why it's a Big Problem)/Barry Brownstein/Intellectual Takeout THE KNOWLEDGE ILLUSION: Why We Never Think Alone (book)/Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach The Decision Lab: Dunning-Kruger Effect The Decision Lab: Confirmation Bias The Music of the Rallies The Music of Kaleido Sea

21 Bài Học Cho Thế Kỷ 21 # Chương 15 Ngu dốt Dựa trên ý chí tự do: Các nhà kinh tế học hành vi và nhà tâm lý học tiến hóa đã chứng minh rằng hầu hết các quyết định của con người đều dựa trên phản ứng cảm xúc và các lối tắt suy nghiệm hơn là dựa trên phân tích lý trí và rằng mặc dù cảm xúc và các phương pháp suy nghiệm có lẽ phù hợp để giải quyết cuộc sống ở Thời kỳ Đồ đá nhưng chúng lại không phù hợp một cách đáng tiếc. trong Thời đại Silicon. Không một cá nhân nào biết mọi thứ cần thiết để xây dựng một thánh đường, bom nguyên tử hay máy bay. Điều khiến loài người thông minh có lợi thế hơn các loài động vật khác không phải là tính lý trí mà là khả năng vô song của chúng ta trong việc suy nghĩ cùng nhau trong các nhóm lớn. Một cách đáng xấu hổ, con người biết rất ít về thế giới và khi lịch sử phát triển, chúng ta ngày càng biết ít hơn. Chúng ta dựa vào chuyên môn của người khác cho hầu hết mọi nhu cầu của mình. Đây là điều mà Steven Sloman và Philip Fernbach gọi là “ảo ảnh kiến thức”. Lý do khiến chúng ta nghĩ rằng mình biết nhiều, mặc dù cá nhân chúng ta biết rất ít, là vì chúng ta coi kiến thức trong đầu người khác như thể nó là của mình. Nếu bạn không đủ khả năng để lãng phí thời gian, bạn sẽ không bao giờ tìm thấy sự thật. Hầu hết các nhân vật chính trị và ông trùm kinh doanh đều mãi mãi chạy trốn. Tuy nhiên, nếu bạn muốn đi sâu vào bất kỳ chủ đề nào, bạn cần rất nhiều thời gian và đặc biệt là bạn cần có đặc quyền lãng phí thời gian để thử nghiệm những con đường không hiệu quả, khám phá những ngõ cụt để tạo khoảng trống cho những nghi ngờ và buồn chán, để cho phép những hạt giống nhỏ của sự sáng suốt từ từ phát triển và nở hoa. Tin giả Khi một nghìn người tin rằng một số câu chuyện bịa đặt trong một tháng thì đó là tin giả. Khi một tỷ người tin vào điều đó trong một nghìn năm thì đó là tôn giáo và chúng ta được khuyên không nên gọi đó là tin giả để không làm tổn thương tình cảm của những người trung thành. Dù tốt hay xấu, Harari nói, tiểu thuyết là một trong những công cụ hiệu quả nhất trong bộ công cụ của nhân loại. Bằng cách gắn kết mọi người lại với nhau, các tín ngưỡng tôn giáo giúp con người có thể hợp tác trên quy mô lớn. Câu chuyện trong kinh doanh Bên cạnh tôn giáo và hệ tư tưởng, các công ty thương mại cũng dựa vào tin tức hư cấu và giả mạo. Xây dựng thương hiệu thường liên quan đến việc kể đi kể lại cùng một câu chuyện hư cấu cho đến khi mọi người tin rằng đó là sự thật. Khi tôi nói Coca-Cola, có lẽ bạn nghĩ đến những người trẻ tuổi thích thú với nó, chơi thể thao và vui vẻ. Có lẽ bạn không nghĩ đến những bệnh nhân tiểu đường thừa cân nằm trên giường bệnh. Harari tiếp tục nói rằng mặc dù chúng ta chắc chắn cần khoa học tốt, nhưng từ góc độ chính trị, một bộ phim khoa học viễn tưởng hay có giá trị hơn nhiều so với một bài báo trên tạp chí Khoa học hay Tự nhiên. Library

I met with Jon Rees, another TOK Teacher (as well as teacher of Human Technologies and IB English) here in Hong Kong, and we discussed TOK Exhibition Prompt 23: How important are material tools in the production or acquisition of knowledge? It was a fascinating discussion! Students, you need to be careful in this question about the difference between producing knowledge and producing things. While there is a connection (knowledge is needed to produce things), it is not an obvious connection so an exploration of the knowledge being produced (not just the thing) is required here. I think it would be very hard to argue that material tools (and conceptual tools by extension?) are not essential - and yet there's room for exploration as you can hear from our conversation. I hope to talk with Mr. Rees again soon, as it was a very interesting and thought provoking conversation. Books & Resources that we referenced and discussed in relation to this talk (for links to all of these, check out www.TOKTalk.org): ‘Sapiens' by Yuval Noah Harari - this book is essentially an exploration of the role of material tools in the development of humankind, but is especially interesting when he talks about “fictional realities”. ‘Techno Feudalism' by Yanis Varoufakis - he does a great job from a Marxist perspective explaining how his father taught him the concept of historical materialism, how technological development creates the tools/conditions for the advancement of the socio-cultural context. Then who controls the means of production, power/authority. ‘How to Understand E= MC2' by Christophe Galfard ‘The Sane Society' by Eric Fromm - criticism of our focus on consumption in a nuclear age where we can annihilate ourselves ‘Song of the Cell' by Siddhartha Mukherjee - deep exploration of our understanding of biology - the first chapters are specifically focused on development of the microscope and its influence on the entire field of microbiology and beyond ‘Guns Germs Steel' by Jared Diamond outlines the theory of geographic determinism, and thus the access to materials and the tools we can therefore make are everything in the development of humankind ‘Knowledge Illusion' by Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach - the illusion of explanatory depth, mistaking shared knowledge for our own Justice with Michael Sandel Little Museum of the World in Chai Wan - A time machine for building peace ‘The Vanishing Face of Gaia', by James Lovelock - essential wake-up call for humankind ‘Donut Economics' by Kate Raworth - a hopeful perspective! Nibbling away what we need (not beyond our planetary boundaries) Special Guest: Jon Rees Music from the ISF Student Brass Band playing outside the school gate one morning in December 2023

If you've used a large language model, you've likely had one or more moments of amazement as the tool immediately responded with impressive content from its massive data cosmos training set. But you've likely also had moments of confusion or disillusionment as the tool responded with irrelevant or incorrect responses, displaying a lack of reasoning. A recent research paper from Meta caught our eye because it proposes a new mechanism called System 2 Attention which “leverages the ability of LLMs to reason in natural language and follow instructions in order to decide what to attend to.” The name System 2 is derived from the work of Daniel Kahneman who in his 2011 book, Thinking, Fast and Slow, differentiated between System 1 thinking as intuitive and near-instantaneous and System 2 thinking as slower and effortful. The Meta paper also references our friend Steven Sloman who in 1996 made the case for two systems of reasoning—associative and deliberative or rule-based. Given our interest in the idea of LLMs being able to help people make better decisions—which often requires more deliberative thinking—we asked Steve to come back on the podcast to get his reaction to this research and generative AI in general. Yet again, we had a dynamic conversation about human cognition and modern AI, which field is learning what from the other, and a few speculations about the future. We're grateful for Steve taking the time to talk with us again and hope that he'll join us for a third time when his next book is released sometime in 2024. Steven Sloman is a professor of cognitive, linguistic, and psychological sciences at Brown University where he has taught since 1992. He studies how people think, including how we think as a community, a topic he wrote a fantastic book about with Philip Fernbach called The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone. For more about that work, please check out our first interview with Steve from June of 2021. About Artificiality from Helen & Dave Edwards: Artificiality is dedicated to understanding the collective intelligence of humans and machines. We are grounded in the sciences of artificial intelligence, collective intelligence, complexity, data science, neuroscience, and psychology. We absorb the research at the frontier of the industry so that you can see the future, faster. We bring our knowledge to you through our essays, events, newsletter, and podcast interviews with academics, authors, entrepreneurs, and executives. Subscribe at www.artificiality.world. If you enjoy our podcasts, please subscribe and leave a positive rating or comment. Sharing your positive feedback helps us reach more people and connect them with the world's great minds. Subscribe to get Artificiality delivered to your email Learn about our book Make Better Decisions and buy it on Amazon Thanks to Jonathan Coulton for our music

Why do ocean waves move the way they do? How does a toaster work? How might ink flow through a ballpoint pen without the help of gravity? You may know the answer to these questions, but explaining them in detail could reveal an unexpected truth.In this episode of Choiceology with Katy Milkman, we look at why people think they understand things better than they actually do.The idea started at the dinner table. One of A.J. Jacobs' kids presented him with a seemingly simple task—thank the people who made his cup of coffee. A.J. took this task to heart and ended up visiting dozens of complex operations around the world, running into surprises at each destination.A.J. Jacobs is a journalist, lecturer, and human guinea pig. He is the author of Thanks A Thousand: A Gratitude Journey, about his journey to better appreciate coffee.         Next, Katy speaks with Steven Sloman about his research on the illusion of explanatory depth—the idea that people think they have more knowledge than they do because it's easy to mistake community knowledge for your own. You can read more in Steven and Philip Fernbach's book, called The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone. Steven Sloman is a professor of cognitive, linguistic, and psychological sciences at Brown University. Choiceology is an original podcast from Charles Schwab. If you enjoy the show, please leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ rating or review on Apple Podcasts.Important DisclosuresAll expressions of opinion are subject to change without notice in reaction to shifting market conditions.The comments, views, and opinions expressed in the presentation are those of the speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of Charles Schwab. Data contained herein from third-party providers is obtained from what are considered reliable sources. However, its accuracy, completeness or reliability cannot be guaranteed.Investing involves risk including loss of principal.Short selling is an advanced trading strategy involving potentially unlimited risks, and must be done in a margin account. Margin trading increases your level of market risk. For more information please refer to your account agreement and the Margin Risk Disclosure Statement.All corporate names and market data shown above are for illustrative purposes only and are not a recommendation, offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security. Supporting documentation for any claims or statistical information is available upon request.The book How to Change: The Science of Getting from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (CS&Co.). Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (CS&Co.) has not reviewed the book and makes no representations about its content.(0923-3X4J)

Fără voi n-am fi. Așa că vrem să știm ce ați vrea să auziți mai des în următorul sezon al podcastului Vocea Nației. Scrieți-ne în comentarii. Despre cum a fost acest sezon de Vocea Nației, în care am vorbit despre colaborare și despre importanța cuvântului „împreună”, povestește Dragoș, într-un episod nou. ___ Cărți menționate: - Ce ne datorăm unii altora – Minouche Shafik, - Legături pierdute – Johann Hari, - Imagine if – scrisă de Kate și Ken Robinson, - Iluzia cunoașterii – Steven Sloman, Philip Fernbach, - Zorii tuturor lucrurilor. O nouă istorie a omenirii – David Graeber și David Wengrow, - Iubește oamenii, folosește lucrurile – Joshua Fields Millburn, Ryan Nicodemus, - Regăsirea sensului – Jamie Wheal. ___ PROMOȚII Server Config: https://www.server-config.ro/reduceri-de-pret ___ Minimalism documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8DGjUv-Vjc

When someone is steadfastly committed to their position in an argument, the best we can do sometimes is create just a tiny bit of wiggle room in their thinking, enough to soften their position and give the conversation somewhere to go. Here's one way to do it. Episode transcript The Knowledge Illusion by Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach To automatically receive transcripts of new episodes, plus Tammy's newsletter, subscribe here.

We humans make a lot of decisions. Apparently, 35,000 of them every day! So how do we improve our decisions? Is there a process to follow? Who are the experts to learn from? Do big data and AI make decisions easier or harder? Is there any way to get better at making decisions in this complex, modern world we live in?To dig into these questions we talked with…ourselves! We recently published our first book, Make Better Decisions: How to Improve Your Decision-Making in the Digital Age. In this book, we've provided a guide to practicing the cognitive skills needed for making better decisions in the age of data, algorithms, and AI. Make Better Decisions is structured around 50 nudges that have their lineage in scholarship from behavioral economics, cognitive science, computer science, decision science, design, neuroscience, philosophy, and psychology. Each nudge prompts the reader to use their beautiful, big human brain to notice when our automatic decision-making systems will lead us astray in our complex, modern world, and when they'll lead us in the right direction.In this conversation, we talk about our book, our favorite nudges at the moment, and some of the Great Minds who we have interviewed on Artificiality including Barbara Tversky, Jevin West, Michael Bungay Stanier, Stephen Fleming, Steven Sloman and Tania Lombrozo.If you enjoy our podcasts, please subscribe and leave a positive rating or comment. Sharing your positive feedback helps us reach more people and connect them with the world's great minds.Learn about our book Make Better Decisions and buy it on AmazonSubscribe to get Artificiality delivered to your emailLearn more about Sonder StudioThanks to Jonathan Coulton for our music This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit artificiality.substack.com

On Brown University Week:  How do people form their opinions on today's issues? Steven Sloman, professor of cognitive, linguistic, and psychological sciences, explores if the people around us are the key to changing minds. Steven Sloman has worked at Brown University since 1992 after receiving his PhD in Psychology from Stanford University. He is ex-Editor-in-Chief […]

Wherein Brown University professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics, Steven Sloman, joins us to discuss his book The Knowledge Illusion and why the concept if individual rationality is a myth. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

According to today's guest, the human mind is both genius and pathetic, brilliant and idiotic. As a species, we have learned to control fire, established democratic institutions, walked on the moon, and sequenced our genome. Our societies and technologies are extremely complex, but most of us do not really know how a pen or a toilet works. How have we achieved so much despite understanding so little? In his book, The Knowledge Illusion, cognitive scientist Steven Sloman points out that the key to our intelligence lies in the people and things around us. We're constantly drawing on information and expertise stored outside our heads: our environment and the community with which we interact—without realizing it.In this episode, Steven and Greg unpack how collaborative minds enable humans to do amazing things. Join us as we learn why and how our true genius can be found in the ways we create intelligence using our communities.Episode Quotes:How did cognitive science change over the years, especially the theories about the brain being like a computer?So, you're absolutely right that cognitive science originated with the idea that the mind was effectively a computer. What's often called a von Neumann computer or a Turing machine type computer. One that processes information serially, one step at a time, in the way that most modern computers do. And I think that that view has largely been abandoned for multiple reasons. One of them is that it turns out that you can show that the brain doesn't operate in that serial fashion, but rather operates through massive parallel processing. The best models of memory and reasoning and perception, and problem-solving all have this character — that rather than processing information step-by-step — what people seem to do is to take huge amounts of information and figure out how they constrain the solution that we're looking for.Why do people often need stories or narratives to make sense of causal mechanisms?I mean, if you're telling a story, you're generally describing a chronology of events. But you're doing so by having a bunch of characters, and those characters have motivations, right? What are motivations? They're causes of behavior, and the characters take actions in order to change the world in some way that has consequences. And the consequence is a causal effect. So, narratives are very human, understandable ways to understand the causal processes that govern the world.How humans depend on each other to understand the environment around themWhat has really changed my world and my understanding of thought is this observation: that we don't think inside our skull, but rather we depend on other people to think, that we live in a community of knowledge. And the mind really exists in that community. So, the reason I think we experienced this knowledge illusion, this sense that we understand things better than we do, is because other people understand things. And we inherit the knowledge that's sitting in other people's heads. And as we go through life, we're constantly making use of other people's knowledge without being aware that we're doing so.Do you think companies in Silicon Valley are starting to lean towards people with generalist knowledge when hiring?One thing we discussed in the book is, some venture capital firms that aren't willing to fund ideas. But rather, they fund teams because they know that it's the quality of the team that matters. And there are people in business schools who are studying this. There's a fair amount of evidence now that if you want to predict the effectiveness of a team, you just can't do it by looking at the horsepower of the individuals, right? The IQ of the individuals is just not a good predictor of how well the team's going to do. But things, like how often they take conversational turns, turns out to be a better predictor.Time Code Guide:00:01:52 Is the intention to write a book that tackles cognitive science, anthropology and as a response to those, who are perplexed with how people think?00:03:48 The illusion of explanatory depth by Leon Rosenfeld and Frank Kyle00:05:27 Applying the illusion of explanatory depth in political contexts00:06:59 When interviewing people, did you find personality differences? Are there people more willing to acknowledge or learn the limits of their knowledge than the others?00:08:41 Correlation of preference of chocolate with instant and delayed gratification00:12:57 How do the heuristics in computer and processing unlocking new ways of doing things?00:15:03 Causal reasoning in contrast to computational view00:20:21 Why certain types of narrative archetypes do a better job of leaving an impact compared to other kinds of stories?00:22:10 Current innovation in machine learning and cognitive science00:26:29 Our very limited capacity to process information that's out there00:29:24 Understanding the demand for specialists and the role of generalists00:35:26 Intentionality and animals working towards common goals as a unit00:37:28 Do the lack of proximity during the pandemic impair our ability to infer intentionality?00:38:34 To what extent is wisdom of the crowd susceptible to lack of sensible and critical thinking?00:41:31 Relying on experts and the possible problems of doing this00:43:30 What are the key skills that people should have, given we rely so much on the knowledge generated by others and on technology to do most of the memory storage and processing for us?00:47:11 Do you see your career as an embodiment of this jigsaw theory of knowledge?Show Links:Guest ProfileFaculty Profile at Brown UniversityResearcher Profile at Brown UniversitySpeaker Profile at the RSA OrgHis WorkArticles and Citation on Google ScholarThe Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think AloneCausal Models: How People Think About the World and Its AlternativesSimilarity and Symbols in Human Thinking (Cognition Special Issue)

On this episode of the Utterly Moderate Podcast  we are joined by cognitive scientists Steven Sloman (Brown University) and Philip Fernbach (University of Colorado) to discuss the cognitive biases that we all have that get in the way of rational thinking -- and the implications of this for our post-truth era in the U.S. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On a scale of 1 to 10, rate how well you understand how a toilet works. Now, take a moment to explain how it works. Now, after you've tried to explain it, does your rating of how well you understand change? If you're like most people, the act of trying to explain will highlight that you don't understand it as well as you thought you did. This is called the Knowledge Illusion and it's where we feel we know more than we do because we get our knowledge from our community—both human and machine. What's so interesting about this illusion is that it says so much about how we should approach others and it also says a lot about how we should approach having our knowledge inside of machines. We talked with Steven Sloman, Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences at Brown University who, along with Philip Fernbach, popularized this idea in a book called the Knowledge Illusion. How does a conscious recognition of our knowledge being derived from our community affect our experience in the world? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit artificiality.substack.com

This week we are joined by Ryan Yates as we have Book Club 2, discussing our favourite books we've read or listened to in the last year. Whether it is to find out more about how we can sleep better, building habits or celebrating that humans are nicer than we think, we dig into the topics and occasionally touch on the importance of the topic to the Modern Workplace.Ryan's choicesThe Idiot Brain: A Neuroscientist Explains What Your Head is Really Up To by Dean BurnettWhy We Sleep: The New Science of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker (Paperback)A Degree in a Book: Psychology: Everything You Need to Know to Master the Subject - in One Book! by Porter, Dr Alan Al's choicesRest: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less by Alex Pang and Soojung-Kim Atomic Habits: The life-changing million copy bestseller by James Clear A World Without Email: Find Focus and Transform the Way You Work Forever by Cal Newport The Death of Expertise by Tom NicholsKevin's choicesHumankind: A Hopeful History by Rutger BregmanThe Knowledge Illusion by Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach Fiction picksKevin - The Devil and the dark water by Stuart TurtonRyan - Thursday Murder Club - Richard OsmanAl - all Neil Stephenson books but currently Fall or dodge in hell Photo by Cristina Gottardi on Unsplash 

[Ciência] Resenha do livro “The knowledge illusion: why we never think alone”, dos cientistas cognitivos Steven Sloman e Philip Fernbach. Eles falam sobre o trabalho colaborativo e como essa é a única maneira de gerar algum valor, já que nós não temos noção de quanto somos ignorantes. É um soco na cara dos mais bem dados (e merecidos). Aqui o link para a resenha escrita: http://www.ligiafascioni.com.br/a-ilusao-do-conhecimento

Science Book Movement - Notion360. Revisión Online del Libro: The Knowledge Illusion - Steven Sloman, Philip Fernbach. Invitado: Luis Valenzuela. Únete a nuestra comunidad en Discord a través del siguiente enlace: https://bookmovement.co/discord See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the 4th episode of our podcast, we finally get into some psychology. I had a very insightful conversation with Dr. Steven Sloman. He received his Ph.D. in Psychology from Stanford University, and he is a cognitive scientist who studies how people think, particularly collective cognition. He wrote a book with Phil Fernbach titled The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone. We cover a fair bit in this episode, ranging from computational and alternative models of cognitive science, consciousness, his book knowledge illusion, the current age of information, the problem and reliability of expertise, and more. I hope you find it enjoyable!

Dr. Steven Sloman, co-author of The Knowledge Illusion and professor at Brown University, joins Andy for a conversation on knowledge, making deliberate decisions, and how to talk to your teen about the gaps in their knowledge around things like vaping.

Guy Gavriel Kay is a bestselling, world-renowned author whose works have been translated into over 30 languages. Originally from western Canada, Guy practiced law, developed a radio series with the CBC, and even assisted Christopher Tolkien with the editing of his father JRR Tolkien's The Silmarillion, before becoming established as a fantasy writer. Ben is in Toronto to chat with Guy about writing, creativity, the intersection of art and power, and even the vagaries of pricing single malt whiskey. More About the Guest Guy Gavriel Kay is the international bestselling author of many novels and a book of poetry. He has been awarded the International Goliardos Prize for his work in literature of the fantastic and won the World Fantasy Award for Ysabel in 2008. In 2014, Kay was named to the Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian honour. His books include Tigana, The Lions of Al-Rassan, Children of Earth and Sky, and most recently, A Brightness Long Ago. Learn more about Guy and his books, or follow him on Twitter (@guygavrielkay). Mentioned in this Episode San Gimignano, a walled Italian town known for its medieval towers, often called the "Manhattan of the Middle Ages" An Interview with John le Carré in the Paris Review, 1997 Edward Greenspan, renowned Canadian defence lawyer Bill Hammond, New Zealand artist (mentioned mistakenly in the conversation as John) "Mr. Tambourine Man", a song written by Bob Dylan, 1965 Andy Patton, Canadian painter, critic and scholar based in Toronto Euripides, Sophocles and Aristophanes, playwrights in the ancient Greek theatre Lysistrata, an ancient Greek play written by Aristophanes The Irishman, film directed by Martin Scorsese, 2019 Margaret Mead, 20th century anthropologist The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone, a book by Philip Fernbach and Steven Sloman. Also check out Episode 24 of this podcast, about the book. The Quote of the Week "How we remember changes how we have lived. Time runs both ways. We make stories of our lives." - From Under Heaven by Guy Gavriel Kay

We have a look at The Knowledge Illusion by Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach.

(repeat) Two heads may be better than one.  But what about three or more?  A new study shows that chimpanzees excel at complex tasks when they work in groups, and their accumulated knowledge can even be passed from one generation to the next.  But group-think also can be maladaptive.  When humans rely on knowledge that they assume other people possess, they can become less than rational. Find out why one cognitive scientist says that individual thinking is a myth.  Most of your decisions are made in groups, and most derive from emotion, not rationality. Also, why we know far less than we think we do.  For example, most people will say they understand how an everyday object like a zipper works, but draw a blank when asked to explain it.  Plus, why we have a biological drive to categorize people as “us” or “them,” and how we can override it.    Guests:  Steven Sloman - Professor of cognitive linguistics and psychological sciences at Brown University and editor-in-chief of the journal, Cognition Robert Sapolsky - Professor of neuroscience at Stanford University and author of Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst Laurance Doyle - Scientist at the SETI Institute

How do we understand and engage in today's conversation about gender? What on earth is going on with gender and identity politics, and what is the personal dimension? Ben is at Queen's University in Kingston to chat with Dr. Lee Airton, author of Gender: Your Guide — A Gender-Friendly Primer on What to Know, What to Say, and What to Do in the New Gender Culture. It's a fascinating, important and unexpectedly fun conversation about the unique historical moment in which we live today. About the Guest Dr. Lee Airton is an Assistant Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies in Education at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. As a researcher, blogger, advocate and speaker, Dr. Airton focuses on enabling individuals and institutions to welcome gender and sexual diversity in everyday life. In 2012, they founded They Is My Pronoun, a Q+A-based blog about gender-neutral pronoun usage and user support with over 30,000 unique visitors in 2017 alone. Dr. Airton is also the founder of the No Big Deal Campaign, a national social media initiative that helps people show support for transgender peoples' right to have their pronouns used. In recognition of their advocacy work, Dr. Airton received a 2017 Youth Role Model of the Year Award from the Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity. Dr. Airton's first book is Gender – Your Guide: A Gender-Friendly Primer on What to Know, What to Say and What to Do in the New Gender Culture, which offers practical steps for welcoming gender diversity in all areas of everyday life. As a university-based teacher educator for over ten years, Dr. Airton has worked with hundreds of teacher candidates to widen the circle of belonging and participation for students of all genders and sexualities. Dr. Airton's current SSHRC-funded research explores how K-12 schools are responding to the inclusion of gender identity and gender expression protections in human rights legislation, including implications for teacher education. Dr. Airton's scholarly publications have appeared in the journals Gender and Education, Sex Education, Curriculum Inquiry, Teachers College Record, and the Journal of Education Policy, and their editorials have been published in The Globe and Mail and The Toronto Star. With Dr. Susan Woolley, they are also editing a forthcoming collection of lesson plans on gender diversity for K-12 teachers. Learn more about Lee or follow them on Twitter (@LeeAirton). Mentioned in this Episode Episode 2: The Digital Age, an episode of this podcast featuring philosopher Carlos Prado. The No Big Deal Campaign Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners (LGSM), an activist alliance formed in the UK in 1984-85 Two books by psychologist Jonathan Haidt: The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion, and The Coddling of the American Mind (with Greg Lukianoff) Episode 24: The Knowledge Illusion, an episode of this podcast about The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone by Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach Lev Vygotsky, Soviet psychologist and founder of cultural-historical psychology Freedom, music video of a song by Beyoncé featuring Kendrick Lamar Michel Foucault (1926-84), French philosopher The Quote of the Week "Don’t aim for no mistakes. Aim for better mistakes." - From Gender: Your Guide by Lee Airton

What can the theory of “communal thinking” tell us about how we navigate political issues? Steven Sloman - a professor of cognitive, psychological, and linguistic sciences at Brown University and co-author of the book The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone - says: “We should think about the process of thought not as something that goes on inside an individual head, but something that happens between people.” In this episode of (Press)ed, we’ll consider how communal thinking might influence our political beliefs, polarization, and how we’re affected by the news media.

“How is it possible that people can simultaneously bowl us over with their ingenuity and disappoint us with their ignorance? How have we mastered so much despite how limited our understanding often is? These are the questions we will try to answer in this book.” The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone was written in 2017 by cognitive scientists Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach. Ben chats with Sean Fenlon to find out what on earth is going on according to their provocative and insightful perspective. About the Book We all think we know more than we actually do. Humans have built hugely complex societies and technologies, but most of us don’t even know how a pen or a toilet works. How have we achieved so much despite understanding so little? Cognitive scientists Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach argue that we survive and thrive despite our mental shortcomings because we live in a rich community of knowledge. The key to our intelligence lies in the people and things around us. We’re constantly drawing on information and expertise stored outside our heads: in our bodies, our environment, our possessions, and the community with which we interact—and usually we don’t even realize we’re doing it. The human mind is both brilliant and pathetic. We have mastered fire, created democratic institutions, stood on the moon, and sequenced our genome. And yet each of us is error prone, sometimes irrational, and often ignorant. The fundamentally communal nature of intelligence and knowledge explains why we often assume we know more than we really do, why political opinions and false beliefs are so hard to change, and why individual-oriented approaches to education and management frequently fail. But our collaborative minds also enable us to do amazing things. The Knowledge Illusion contends that true genius can be found in the ways we create intelligence using the community around us. Learn more about The Knowledge Illusion.

Kyle interviews Steven Sloman, Professor in the school of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences at Brown University. Steven is co-author of The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone and Causal Models: How People Think about the World and Its Alternatives. Steven shares his perspective and research into how people process information and what this teaches us about the existence of and belief in fake news.

We all think we know more than we actually do. Do you know how paper is made? How does a toilet work? How about a pen? Our species has produced sophisticated technologies, cities, and accomplishments, but most of us don't honestly know how these things work. How can we aspire to so much despite understanding so little? Perhaps genius is instead found in the ways we co-opt the intelligence of the social ecology: Our collaborative minds enable us to aspire to great things. In the 2017 book The Knowledge Illusion, cognitive scientists Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach argue that we survive—and thrive—despite our mental shortcomings because we live in a vibrant community of knowledge, continually drawing on information and expertise stored in the community with which we transact. Cory Shepherd, president and financial advisor of Sound Financial Group, is a case study in our mantra: Dreams come true in groups. We can accomplish our loftiest aims when immersed amongst an ecology of resourceful, intelligent, and ambitious mentors and peers. Previously, Cory was convinced that as long as he thought positively and worked hard, everything would turn out. Now, he has moved away from laborious work to harness the knowledge and power of the group. In our Guru Talk, we'll hear Co-Founder Kirkland Tibbels address how what we know is expanded by membership in groups that help us meet our aims.

This episode is a collection of segments from papers given at Humility and Conviction in Public Life’s workshop on Political Polarization and Epistemic Arrogance. On this episode you will hear short selections from talks given by Jennifer Saul, Lani Watson, Michael Lynch, Alessandra Tanesini, Elizabeth Krumrei Mancuso, Steven Sloman, and Heather Battaly.

This episode is a collection of segments from papers given at Humility and Conviction in Public Life's workshop on Political Polarization and Epistemic Arrogance. On this episode you will hear short selections from talks given by Jennifer Saul, Lani Watson, Michael Lynch, Alessandra Tanesini, Elizabeth Krumrei Mancuso, Steven Sloman, and Heather Battaly. The "Why We Argue" podcast is produced by the Humanities Institute at the University of Connecticut as part of the Humility and Conviction in Public Life project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

This episode is a collection of segments from papers given at Humility and Conviction in Public Life's workshop on Political Polarization and Epistemic Arrogance. On this episode you will hear short selections from talks given by Jennifer Saul, Lani Watson, Michael Lynch, Alessandra Tanesini, Elizabeth Krumrei Mancuso, Steven Sloman, and Heather Battaly. The "Why We Argue" podcast is produced by the Humanities Institute at the University of Connecticut as part of the Humility and Conviction in Public Life project. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/journalism

Few of us realize how dependent we are on the people and objects around us for our knowledge. But Steven Sloman does. He reveals that we are constantly accessing expertise stored in our communities, our technologies, and in our environment. In fact, research reveals that many of us adopt positions on issues like climate change and health care from certain experts, without even realizing it. These findings have enormous implications for our increasingly polarized society, including the fact that educating people about issues is probably not the most effective way to change their minds. Steven Sloman is co-author of the book, The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone.  He is a Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic, and Psychological Sciences at Brown University, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Cognition. His work has been featured in publications like the New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and the Wall Street Journal. In this interview we discuss: The fact that we tend to think we understand how things work better than we actually do How we fail to distinguish what we know from what others know How complexity prevents us from understanding many of the things we think we do The fact that knowledge must be collective to offset all the complexity in our lives When we want to understand how the government or our car works, we figure out enough causal structure to solve our problems What the deliberative mind is good at, which is coming to causal conclusions How deliberation depends on a community of knowledge and connects us to other people The unique ability of human beings to share intentionality, that is, to engage in tasks with other people The limitations of understanding that comes from someone else How understanding is contagious and community based Much of our understanding comes  from having access to knowledge rather than actually knowing Why it is important to help people see that they do not understand -- that they cannot explain something they think they understand well Our conviction that we understand or know something comes from the trust we place in certain experts The fact that we cannot convince people by making them experts but by convincing them to  believe in a different set of experts That we tend to stick with our first explanation or conclusion, even if it is found to be incorrect The fact that most of our beliefs are formed independent of data -- they tend to be shaped by our culture and what our community thinks The fact that the thought leaders we look to actually determine what we believe How we actually vote for what our communities judge to be the right things, not what the right things might actually be The fact that group intelligence is derived from how well team members communicate with and relate to one another rather than individual intelligence How many VCs make investment decisions based on the team and their collective intelligence That what should spend more time on collective or team intelligence over individual intelligence A question we can ask individuals whom we hire: How have you contributed to group performance in the past? How engaging in the activity is key to helping us learn and to gaining causal knowledge Why it is so important to be aware of what we do not know -- to reduce our pride in what we think we know How intelligent nudges can guide people toward better decision making Why focusing on policy consequences is preferable to the values associated with those policies yet is much harder to do Links to Topics Mentioned in this Podcast Steven Sloman Frank Keil Clark Glymour Michael Tomasello Herbert Clark and common ground Why Information Grows by Cesar Hidalgo Anita Woolley Pixar Disney Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein If you enjoy the podcast, please rate and review it on iTunes - your ratings make all the difference. For automatic delivery of new episodes,

When we’re compelled to explain how something works, including political issues and policies, we are forced to confront our lack of knowledge. That idea, its implications, and related studies from cognitive science frames this discussion with guest, Professor Steven Sloman, one of the authors of the recent book, “The Knowledge Illusion – why we never think alone.” This show aired live on Aug. 3, 2017.

What does it take to successfully lead into uncharted territory? Find out by listening- on-the-go to Episode 118. Scott and I discuss two well-researched books that, taken together, can provide new light on this challenge: The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone, by Steven Sloman and Philip Fernbach (2017); and Quiet: The Power ofRead More The post Pam & Scott's Book Pairing on Leading for Game-Changing Decisions appeared first on Business Advancement.

Acclaimed cognitive scientist Steven Sloman visits the RSA to argue that we survive and thrive despite our mental shortcomings because we live in a rich community of knowledge. The key to our intelligence lies in the people and things around us. We’re constantly drawing on information and expertise stored outside our heads: in our bodies, our environment, our possessions, and the community with which we interact—and usually we don’t even realize we’re doing it.

Drs. Sloman and Fernbach discuss their book THE KNOWLEDGE ILLUSION: WHY WE NEVER THINK ALONE

How much knowledge do we really have about subjects that impact our lives? Why do we think we're right on facts about issues? The author of the new book, "The Knowledge Illusion: Why We Never Think Alone," Steven Sloman, joins the show to talk about how individuals process information. The cognitive scientist explains how the "mind is constructed to channel the beliefs of our community," often resulting in Americans across the political spectrum having trouble separating fact from fiction.