See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at. Her new book is The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t. She was a co-founder and president of the Center for Applied Rationality. She is currently a writer and host of the Rationally Speaking podcast. Her last activity on twitter is from Nov 23, 2019. Julia Galef received a BA in statistics from Columbia University. I believe this might be relevant to this sub, since she was requested as a guest and leads a podcast somewhat similar to Making Sense: Rationally Speaking (and she mentioned that she listens to Sams podcast). I began a PhD in economics, but soon decided I didn’t want to be. She makes a compelling case that all things considered, it’s better to be a scout. Julia Galef discusses rationality, the key to changing minds (our own and others), filtering information, and a lot more. in statistics from Columbia University in 2005, I spent several years doing research with social science professors at Columbia, Harvard and MIT, including a year writing case studies on international economics for Harvard Business School. She distinguishes between the “soldier mindset,” where we believe what we’re told about the world and march toward a goal, and the “scout mindset,” where we’re open-minded about what’s out there and always asking questions. Julia Galef is here to both stand up for the value of being rational, and to explain how we can better achieve it. Join hosts Massimo Pigliucci and Julia Galef as they explore the borderlands between reason and nonsense, likely and unlikely. And there are more than a few hot takes on the market suggesting that we shouldn’t even want to be rational - that it’s inefficient or maladaptive. Rationally Speaking is the official podcast of New York City Skeptics. Some time ago I was searching for opinions on the concept of ‘free will’ and came across a podcast called Rationally Speaking, wherein two skeptics explore various philosophical topics. Mom, apple pie, and rationality - all things that are unquestionably good, right? But rationality, as much as we might value it, is easier to aspire to than to achieve.
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