You have bad mental models of learning
From Change, Technically by Dr. Ashley Juavinett and Dr. Cat Hicks
May 7, 2026 · 60 min
About this episode
The episode discusses misconceptions about learning and the impact of genetics on beliefs about human dissimilarity.
You can find the talk Cat gave about learning and its citations here: https://github.com/DrCatHicks/tailscale_talk On beliefs about humans being more genetically dissimilar than they are, work primarily done by Brian Donovan: Donovan et al. (2024). "Humane genomics education can reduce racism." Science, 383(6685), 818–822. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi7895 Learn more about Ashley: https://ashleyjuavinett.com/https://mastodon.social/@analog_ashleyashleyjuavinett...
People in this episode
Host: Ashley Juavinett
Guest: Cat
Topics covered
- learning
- genetics
- education
- racism
- mental models
Keywords
- learning
- mental models
- genetics
- education
- racism
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Science
Books & works: Humane genomics education can reduce racism
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