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97. Science, Reasoning, and The Intelligence Trap with David Robson

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David speaks with David Robson, an award-winning science writer specializing in the extremes of the human brain, body, and behavior. He has previously worked as a features editor at New Scientist and as a senior journalist at the BBC. He is the author of The Intelligence Trap, which has been translated into fifteen languages, The Expectation Effect, and The Laws of Connections. They talked about: 🔍 How outdated science can mislead us 🔬 The replicability crisis in behavioural science 📡 How scientific information gets distorted 🧠 The problem with IQ 🌱 The importance of intellectual humility 💡 Motivated reasoning and the intelligence trap 📜 Full transcript:theknowledge.io/davidrobson-1/ 📹 Watch on Youtube:https://youtu.be/jU4ZZDlZsjo 👤 Connect with David:Twitter: @d_a_robson | https://twitter.com/d_a_robson LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-robson Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidarobson/ Website: https://davidrobson.me/ Books: The Intelligence Trap | https://amzn.to/4aWELqZ The Expectation Effect | https://amzn.to/4bkisve 🗣 Mentioned in the show:University of Cambridge | https://www.cam.ac.uk/ University of Oxford | https://www.ox.ac.uk/ Dan Ariely | https://danariely.com/all-about-dan/ Thinking, Fast and Slow | https://amzn.to/44q2FZD Lizard Brain | https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/blog/where-addiction-meets-your-brain/201404/your-lizard-brain Dunning Kruger Effect | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning–Kruger_effect The Language Instinct | https://amzn.to/4dktX7S Daniel Kahneman | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Kahneman Amos Tversky | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amos_Tversky Psychological Priming | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priming_(psychology) Elon Musk | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk Bill Gates | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gates Steve Jobs | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs Philip Tetlock | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_E._Tetlock Nobel Prize Disease | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_disease Kary Mullis | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kary_Mullis Polymerase Chain Reaction | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction Arthur Conan Doyle | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle Sherlock Holmes Books | https://amzn.to/4bjJFyo Harry Houdini | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini 👨🏾‍💻 About David Elikwu: David Elikwu FRSA is a serial entrepreneur, strategist, and writer. David is the founder of The Knowledge, a platform helping people think deeper and work smarter. 🐣 Twitter: @Delikwu / @itstheknowledge 🌐 Website: https://www.davidelikwu.com 📽️ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/davidelikwu 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delikwu/ 🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@delikwu 🎙️ Podcast: http://plnk.to/theknowledge 📖 Free Book: https://pro.theknowledge.io/frames My Online Course 🖥️ Decision Hacker: http://www.decisionhacker.io/ Decision Hacker will help you hack your default patterns and become an intentional architect of your life. You’ll learn everything you need to transform your decisions, your habits, and your outcomes. The Knowledge 📩 Newsletter: https://theknowledge.io The Knowledge is a weekly newsletter for people who want to get more out of life. It's full of insights from psychology, philosophy, productivity, and business, all designed to make you more productive, creative, and decisive. My Favorite Tools 🎞️ Descript: https://bit.ly/descript-de 📨 Convertkit: https://bit.ly/convertkit-de 🔰 NordVPN: https://bit.ly/nordvpn-de 💹 Nutmeg: http://bit.ly/nutmegde 🎧 Audible: https://bit.ly/audiblede Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-knowledge-with-david-elikwu/donations

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