Ep 273: Show | Epistemic 20 | The Backfire Effect

Anthony, Reid and Dan welcome their guest Dr. Jonas Kaplan, the Research Assistant Professor and Co-Director of the Dornsife Cognitive Neuroimaging Center at the Brain & Creativity Institute at the University of Southern California to discuss his research and expertise on the backfire effect and how we might be able to measure the efficacy of Street Epistemology. News, tips, strategies, stories, and more. A friendly discussion about Street Epistemology between people intimately familiar with the method. With Anthony and Dan. Watch this talk here: https://youtu.be/Uful4AwzAs0 Playlist of All Episodes of 'Epistemic': http://tinyurl.com/SE-SE-EPISTEMIC Want an SE magnet (or other SE-swag)? tinyurl.com/buysestuff Music provided by Chet Hovatter. Spotlight: -- 1:10 Anthony recounts his history with Dr. Kaplan (Jonas) 2:48 Letter from a Brazilian viewer about Street Epistemology 6:00 Panel feedback on letter 9:00 Can trauma open people up more for belief revision? 9:50 Check out David McRaney's You Are Not So Smart podcast series on the backfire effect: https://youarenotsosmart.com/2017/01/13/yanss-093-the-neuroscience-of-changing-your-mind/ 11:00 Jonas explains the backfire effect 13:10 Could awareness of our resistance make us more open to change? 14:00 Feelings, emotions, and beliefs 16:00 Scaling confidence 18:00 "feeling" language 19:00 Certainty and uncertainty 23:30 Tribe/group mentality and thought leaders 32:20 Jonas' surprising findings 33:30 Split-brain research 34:05 How can determine that our brain was faulty in some way? 36:30 Illusions 38:50 Can our brains know things? 40:00 The backstory on Jonas' backfire effect research 44:45 What else is Jonas working on? 45:45 How can we quantify the "effectiveness" of Street Epistemology? 54:30 Does Jonas have challenges or suggestions for more effective SE? 56:00 Could sharing our motivation help improve SE discussions? 58:30 How many and why type of videos are Anthony and Reid uploading? 1:02:00 Jonas shared some SE videos with a few colleagues 1:03:20 Reid's experience at Camp Quest 1:06:00 Progress update on Dan's new call-in show, Truth Wanted 1:10:00 Anthony's sitdown with Matt Dillahunty at NaNoCon coming soon 1:12:00 Join the Speaker List: https://streetepistemology.com/speakers/ 1:13:00 Cicadas! 1:14:00 Linda from SuperCurious is doing SE in Finland! 1:16:30 How to contact the hosts Audience Questions -- 53:10 Is there any research opposing the backfire effect? 1:15:15 How can people contact Dr. Jonas Kaplan? Follow Us -- Dr. Jonas Kaplan on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Jonas_Kaplan Reid Nicewonder's Cordial Curiosity YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/cordialcurious ObjectivelyDan's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCabcNd5rdI-FlHW6ecXQvLQ Anthony Magnabosco's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/magnabosco210 -- Find links to all things SE at http://www.streetepistemology.com !!