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Galef, Julia.
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Cognition.
Skepticism.
Critical thinking.
Self-realization.
Decision making.
Decision making -- Physiological aspects.
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Galef, Julia.
Cognition.
Skepticism.
Critical thinking.
Self-realization.
Decision making.
Decision making -- Physiological aspects.
MARC Display
The
scout
mindset
:
why
some
people
see
things
clearly
and
others
don
't / Julia Galef.
by
Galef, Julia.
Portfolio, 2021.
Call #:
153.4 G152s
Subjects
Cognition.
Skepticism.
Critical thinking.
Self-realization.
Decision making.
Decision making -- Physiological aspects.
ISBN:
9780735217553 (hc.)
9780593189269
Description:
xiv, 273 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-263) and index.
Summary:
"When it comes to what we believe, humans
see
what they want to
see
. In other words, we have what Julia Galef calls a "soldier"
mindset
. From tribalism and wishful thinking, to rationalizing in our personal lives and everything in between, we are driven to defend the ideas we most want to believe--and shoot down those we
don
't. But if we want to get
things
right more often, argues Galef, we should train ourselves to have a "
scout
"
mindset
. Unlike the soldier, a
scout
's goal isn'
t
to defend one side over the other. It's to go out, survey the territory, and come back with as accurate a map as possible. Regardless of what they hope to be the case, above all, the
scout
wants to know what's actually true. In The
Scout
Mindset
, Galef shows that what makes scouts better at getting
things
right isn'
t
that they're smarter or more knowledgeable than everyone else. It's a handful of emotional skills, habits, and ways of looking at the world--which anyone can learn. With fascinating examples ranging from how to survive being stranded in the middle of the ocean, to how Jeff Bezos avoids overconfidence, to how superforecasters outperform CIA operatives, to Reddit threads and modern partisan politics, Galef explores
why
our brains deceive us and what we can do to change the way we think"--From publisher.
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