The Scout Mindset, with Julia Galef | Afford Anything Podcast (Audio-Only)

Do you tend to see things as they are?
Or do you tend to see what you want to see?
To cut to the chase: how important is it to seek truth and honesty? Especially if it means the possibility of compromising your existing beliefs and ideas about the world?
If you’re unsure, or if these questions have you thinking, “Whoa, I need more caffeine before going down a philosophical rabbit hole…”, today’s episode has you covered. (Grab your beverage of choice beforehand. ☕)
Julia Galef, author of The Scout Mindset and host of the long-running Rationally Speaking podcast, explains the difference between the soldier mindset (see what you want to see) and the scout mindset (seeing things as they are).
She explains why we often default to the soldier mindset of defending ideas we desperately want to believe, and reviews several thought exercises that we can use to instead train our brains to scout for the truth.
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[@farzanehkargozari6691]

understanding how to forge mental models would help us how to make correct decisions

[@samrangsuriya1888]

Good interview good answer.

[@chubsteriffic]

Dualism.
Yin/Yang
Chaos/Order
Scout/Soldier
BTW
Morals presume Values
In a moral disagreement...reasonably and kindly determine how Values differ.
There can always be honest disagreement.
Find it.