
131 - The Marshmallow Replication
02 Jul 2018
50m

You Are Not So Smart is a show about psychology that celebrates science and self delusion. In each episode, we explore what we've learned so far about reasoning, biases, judgments, and decision-making.












The "backfire effect"—the widely held notion that presenting facts to people with incorrect beliefs causes them to double down—is largely a myth in the context of mass political behavior. While individuals often resist information that threatens their identity, they generally update their factual beliefs when presented...








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