Science & the Big Questions

Faith and Humility

Ken Taylor and Debra Satz talk to Joshua Hook from the University of North Texas, co-author of Cultural Humility: Engaging Diverse Identities in Therapy.

Philosophy Talk

Topics: Belief Faith Humility Rationality

The Serious Side of Our Mind

How people with their rational imagination create alternatives to reality.

TEDxTrinityCollegeDublin

Topics: Cognition Imagination Rationality

Belief in Our Moral Superiority Is the Most Irrational Self-Enhancing Bias of All

Moral superiority appears to be “a uniquely strong and prevalent form of positive illusion,” Ben Tappin and Ryan McKay write.

British Psychological Society Research Digest

Topics: Bias Morality Rationality

How Richard Thaler’s ‘Simple Insights’ Led to a Nobel Prize

Katherine Milkman discusses the awarding of the Nobel Prize to behavioral economist Richard Thaler.

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Topics: Decision-Making Rationality Self-Control

Why We Contradict Ourselves and Confound Each Other

With his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman emerged as one of the most intriguing voices on the complexity of human thought and behavior.

On Being

Topics: Belief Bias Cognition Decision-Making Krista Tippett Rationality

A Philosopher Who Studies Life Changes Says Our Biggest Decisions Can Never Be Rational

When faced with a potentially transformative choice, L.A. Paul explains the problem at hand.

Quartz

Topics: Decision-Making Rationality Transformation

Want to Be More Optimistic? Consider the Triumph of Human Reason

Yale psychologist Paul Bloom has views on empathy, emotion, and rationality that make him a black sheep among his peers.

Big Think

Topics: Emotion Empathy Morality Optimism Paul Bloom Rationality

The Difference Between Rationality and Intelligence

One is raw cognitive horsepower. The other is the propensity for reflective thought.

Gray Matter, The New York Times

Topics: Intelligence Rationality