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Truth has limited reach

Got a book deal!!

Smart Unconscious or Biased System 1?

No one ever shows us how to learn

The Rational Question

Academic Mastery with Roam: Early Access Discount and Free Videos

Course announcement: Academic Mastery with Roam

You just believe that because...

You Just Believe That Because…

🤔is truth just a matter of power?

Postmodernism, oppression, and (post-)truth

🕵️‍♀️how can polarization numbers be so different in the USA and Europe? And how can Europeans feel they're polarizing even if they're not?

The Puzzle of Polarization

🙉facts don't change minds? Identity-protective cognition and belief polarization almost never happen, so they do

Contra Kahan on motivated reasoning

🧕almost everything is unconscious

I Am An Intuition Machine

🎯 new studies show that biases are overrated

No Really, How Much Do Biases Actually Explain?

💭what works better: reflection or discussion?

People Have Wrong Intuitions about the Efficacy of Group Discussion Vs. Solitary Reflection

Contra Pariser On Filter Bubbels

Who's afraid of Cambridge Analytica?

Reasons Why Post-truth Claims Are Plausible, and Evidence That They Are Not true

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