Sedona Chinn, a researcher who studies how people make sense of competing scientific, environmental, and health-related claims, joins us to discuss her latest research into doing your own research. In her latest paper she found that the more a person values the concept of doing your own research, the less likely that person is to actually do their own research. In the episode we explore the origin of the concept, what that phrase really means, and the implications of her study on everything from politics to vaccines to conspiratorial thinking.
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168 - Not a Scientist (rebroadcast)
167 - How to Talk to People About Things (rebroadcast)
166 - Prevalence Induced Concept Change (rebroadcast)
165 - The Friendship Cure (rebroadcast)
164 - Meetings - Steven Rogelberg
163 - The Happiness Lab
162 - The Elaboration Likelihood Model (rebroadcast)
161 - Bad Habits
160 - Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
159 - Uncivil Agreement (rebroadcast)
158 - The AB Effect
157 - Pluralistic Ignorance
156 - Selfie (rebroadcast)
155 - Live in New York - Post Truth
154 - The Marshmallow Replication (rebroadcast)
153 - Happy Brain (rebroadcast)
152 - Status Quo Rationalization (rebroadcast)
151 - Behind the Curve
150 - Belief Change Blindness (rebroadcast)
149 - Bad Advice
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