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67: The Wisdom Turing Test - Part Two (with Steve Rathje)
Nov 16, 2025
49m 58s
66: The Wisdom Turing Test - Part One
Oct 26, 2025
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65: Religion as Make-Believe (with Neil Van Leeuwen)
May 8, 2025
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64: The Potency and Potential of Social Networks (with Nicholas Christakis)
Mar 12, 2025
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63: The AI Mirror: Why Machines Reflect Us More Than They Think (with Shannon Vallor)
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| 11/16/25 | ![]() 67: The Wisdom Turing Test - Part Two (with Steve Rathje)✨ | wisdomAI+4 | Steve Rathje | Sycophantic AI increases attitude extremity and overconfidenceImagining and building wise machines: The centrality of AI metacognition+4 | — | wisdomAI+6 | — | 49m 58s | |
| 10/26/25 | ![]() 66: The Wisdom Turing Test - Part One | What happens when we ask our own fantastic listeners — and AI — what it means to live wisely? In this episode, Igor and Charles hand the mic to members of the On Wisdom audience to hear their answers to the big questions usually reserved for scientists and philosophers. But there’s a twist: one set of responses was provided by AI. We invite you to vote on who gave the wisest answers — and to guess which one wasn’t human. Igor is surprised by just how insightful the answers from the regular folk (compared to experts) turn out to be, while Charles wonders if the wisest one may not be human at all? Can you pass the Wisdom Turing Test? Welcome to Episode 66. Link to Listener Poll hereLinks:Listener Poll | On Wisdom Podcast: The Wisdom Turing Test (Episode 66) | — | ||||||
| 5/8/25 | ![]() 65: Religion as Make-Believe (with Neil Van Leeuwen) | Is religious belief a form of make-believe — and if so, what deeper truths might we be acting out? Neil Van Leeuwen joins Igor and Charles to explore the psychological roots of religion, the nature of belief, and how sacred values shape group identity. Igor reflects on the blurring line between religious and political convictions, Neil argues that religious credence operates more like imaginative play than factual belief, and Charles considers whether conspiracy theories might be filling the same social and psychological roles. Welcome to Episode 65.Special Guest: Neil Van Leeuwen.Links:Neil Van Leeuwen' site | Florida State University Religion as Make-Believe A Theory of Belief, Imagination, and Group Identity | Book - Neil Van Leeuwen The Puzzle of Belief - Neil Van Leeuwen & Tania Lombrozo (2023) | — | ||||||
| 3/12/25 | ![]() 64: The Potency and Potential of Social Networks (with Nicholas Christakis) | Are your choices really your own — or are they quietly shaped by the people around you? Nicholas Christakis joins Igor and Charles to reveal the hidden power of social networks, from the surprising spread of kindness and cooperation to the ripple effects that shape our health, decisions, and even our wisdom. Igor uncovers the invisible social forces influencing our daily lives, Nicholas shares how our deep-rooted instincts for love, friendship, and teaching have shaped human civilization, and Charles considers how tapping into these instincts could help us build stronger, wiser communities. Welcome to Episode 64.Special Guest: Nicholas Christakis.Links:Human Nature Lab | Yale University Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives (Book) | Nicholas Christakis Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society (Book) | Nicholas Christakis Apollo’s Arrow: The Profound and Enduring Impact of Coronavirus on the Way We Live (Book) | Nicholas Christakis The Hidden Influence of Social Networks (Ted Talk) | Nicholas Christakis ETH Global Lecture: Social Artificial Intelligence (2024) | Nicholas Christakis The Spread of Obesity in a Large Social Network over 32 Years - Christakis, Fowler (2007) Cooperative behavior cascades in human social networks - Fowler, Christakis (2010) Induction of social contagion for diverse outcomes in structured experiments in isolated villages - Airoldi, Christakis (2024) Gut microbiome strain-sharing within isolated village social networks - Beghini, Pullman, Alexander, Shridhar, Prinster, Singh, Juárez, Airoldi, Brito, Christakis (2025) | — | ||||||
| 2/23/25 | ![]() 63: The AI Mirror: Why Machines Reflect Us More Than They Think (with Shannon Vallor) | Can AI ever be truly wise, or are we just seeing reflections of ourselves? Philosophy Professor Shannon Vallor joins Igor and Charles to explore how technology shapes human wisdom, why we’ve been thinking about AI all wrong, and what it really means to align machines with our values. Shannon unpacks the AI Mirror metaphor, suggesting that today’s AI isn’t a thinking mind but a reflection of human data, Igor considers whether technology could ever help us become wiser rather than just more efficient, and Charles wonders if philosophy can guide better decisions in a world increasingly shaped by algorithms. Welcome to Episode 63.Special Guest: Shannon Vallor.Links:Shannon Vallor | University of Edinburgh Shannon Vallor | Edinburgh Futures Institute, The University of Edinburgh The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim Our Humanity in an Age of Machine Thinking - Shannon Vallor (2024) How philosopher Shannon Vallor delivered the year’s best critique of AI - Fast Company (2024) The Turing Lectures: Can we live with AI? - Shannon Vallor The Danger Of Superhuman AI Is Not What You Think | Noema - Shannon Vallor The Thoughts The Civilized Keep | Noema - Shannon Vallor AI Is the Black Mirror | Nautilus - Philip Ball Technology and the Virtues A Philosophical Guide to a Future Worth Wanting - Shannon Vallor (Book) Moral Machines: From Value Alignment to Embodied Virtue - Wendell Wallach, Shannon Vallor (2020) AI and the Automation of Wisdom - Shannon Vallor (2017) The AI Mirror — how technology blocks human potential | FT (Subscription Required) | — | ||||||
| 12/9/24 | ![]() 62: Experimental Philosophy: Testing the Limits of Wisdom and Knowledge (with Edouard Machery) | What happens when philosophers start running experiments? Edouard Machery joins Igor and Charles to explain the principles of experimental philosophy, the surprising geography of wisdom, and why we should be skeptical about trusting science too much. Igor digs into what's universal vs what's local about how we think, Edouard explains why bad habits keep creeping into research, and Charles wonders if philosophy can support wise decisions around ordering another glass of wine when out with friends. Welcome to Episode 62.Links:Edouard Machery's Homepage Edouard Machery | University of Pittsburgh Geography of Philosophy Project Philosophy Within Its Proper Bounds | Oxford University Press - Edouard Machery (2017) Experimental Philosophy | Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science - Edouard Machery (2024) Dimensions of wisdom perception across twelve countries on five continents - Rudnev, M., Barrett, H.C., Buckwalter, W. et al (2024) Editorial: Cultural Variation and Cognition | Springer Nature Link - Edouard Machery, Joshua Knobe & Stephen P. Stich (2023) Conversations at the Center | Podcast from Center for Philosophy of Science - Hosted by Edouard Machery | — | ||||||
| 11/10/24 | ![]() 61: Beyond Bias: Group Identity, Wisdom, and the Climate Crisis (with Leaf Van Boven and David Sherman) | Can our political identities get in the way of wise action, even on existential issues like climate change? Leaf Van Boven and David Sherman join Igor and Charles to unpack how we perceive environmental policy through the lenses of group identity and social norms, revealing how misperceptions fuel inaction. Igor considers how group beliefs can override personal values, Leaf explores the power of asking, “What if I’m wrong?”, David suggests we may be following louder voices over wiser ones, and Charles wonders if we’re wired to stick to our “tribe” or if we can really think beyond our social bubbles. Welcome to Episode 61.Special Guests: David Sherman and Leaf Van Boven.Links:Leaf Van Boven | University of Colorado Boulder Environment, Decision, Judgment, and Identity Lab (EDJI) | University of Colorado Boulder David Sherman | UC Santa Barbara Sherman Lab | UC Santa Barbara Social Science Climate Lab The connections—and misconnections—between the public and politicians over climate policy: A social psychological perspective - Sherman, Van Boven (2024) Social norms explain prioritization of climate policy - Cole, Ehret, Sherman, Van Boven (2022) Politicians polarize and experts depolarize public support for COVID-19 management policies across countries - Flores, A., Cole J. C., Dickert S., Eom K., Jiga-Boy G. M., Kogut T., Loria R., Mayorga M., Pedersen E. J., Pereira B., Rubaltelli E., Sherman D. K., Slovic P., Vastfjall D., & Van Boven L. (2022) | — | ||||||
| 10/20/24 | ![]() 60: Wisdom, Love, and the Lexical Fallacy (with Alan Fiske) | Why do we have such a hard time figuring out what we’re feeling? Alan Fiske joins Igor and Charles to unravel the mystery of emotions, revealing why your gut feeling might not be as clear-cut as you think. Drawing from his research into Kama Muta—a heartwarming rush of connection—and his critiques of how we label emotions, Alan sheds light on why most of us are pretty terrible at naming what we feel. Igor tackles the complexities of universal emotions, Alan shares why cultural differences make this even trickier, and Charles wonders if anyone truly knows what’s going on inside their head. Welcome to Episode 60.Special Guest: Alan Fiske.Links:Alan Fiske's page | UCLA The lexical fallacy in emotion research: Mistaking vernacular words for psychological entities - Fiske (2020) Ways of Knowing Emotion, and What You Don't Know about Your Own Emotions: The Case of Kama Muta - Fiske (2020) Seeking Communal Emotions in Social Practices That Culturally Evolved to Evoke Emotions: Worship, Kitten Videos, Memorials, Narratives of Love, and More - Fiske, Schubert, Seibt (2024) Moral psychology is relationship regulation: moral motives for unity, hierarchy, equality, and proportionality - Rai & Fiske (2011) The four elementary forms of sociality: Framework for a unified theory of social relations - Fiske (1992) Kama Muta Lab | Research on social emotions | — | ||||||
| 9/23/24 | ![]() 59: Shaping Reality and Relationships: The Science of Connection and Expectation (with David Robson) | Can our expectations about ourselves and others reshape our lives? Science writer David Robson returns to explore how our expectations don’t just change personal outcomes—they influence how we connect with others. Drawing from his books The Laws of Connection and The Expectation Effect, David reveals the hidden psychology behind social interactions and how our misconceptions about what others think can hold us back. Igor delves into how expectations can foster or hinder meaningful relationships, David explains how small mindset shifts can help overcome social anxiety, and Charles reflects on why connecting with strangers can be easier (and more rewarding) than we think. Welcome to Episode 59.Special Guest: David Robson.Links:David Robson's Website How your expectations can transform your life | BBC Radio 4 (article) The Laws of Connection: 13 Social Strategies That Will Transform Your Life | Book The Expectation Effect: How Your Mindset Can Change Your World | Book David Robson's Column | The New Scientist | — | ||||||
| 11/2/23 | ![]() 58: The Social Robots are Coming! (with Kerstin Dautenhahn) | Can we create wise robots? Kerstin Dautenhahn joins Igor and Charles to dive into the intriguing world of social robots, the finer points of “Robotiquette,” and the potential role such robots can play in supporting therapeutic treatments. Igor reflects on the limits of robot-based wisdom, Kerstin reveals the potential of Generative AI like ChatGPT to generate false information about her own professional identity, and Charles considers the perils of socially awkward machines. Welcome to Episode 58.Special Guest: Kerstin Dautenhahn.Links:Kerstin Dautenhahn's page | University of Waterloo Social and Intelligent Robotics Research Laboratory (SIRRL) Robots are not human, even if we want them to be | Kerstin Dautenhahn | TEDxEastEnd Socially intelligent robots: dimensions of human–robot interaction - Dautenhahn (2007) Potential Applications of Social Robots in Robot-Assisted Interventions for Social Anxiety - S Rasouli, G Gupta, E Nilsen, K Dautenhahn (2022) User Evaluation of Social Robots as a Tool in One-to-One Instructional Settings for Students with Learning Disabilities - N Azizi , S Chandra, M Gray, J Fane, M Sager, K Dautenhahn (2023) Opportunities for social robots in the stuttering clinic: A review and proposed scenarios - S Chandra, G Gupta, T Loucks, K Dautenhahn (2022) | — | ||||||
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| 10/7/23 | ![]() 57: The Epic Challenge of Knowing Thyself (with David Dunning) | Can we ever really know ourselves, or are we destined to always make overly optimistic self-assessments? David Dunning joins Igor and Charles to discuss the Dunning-Kruger effect, the importance of asking the right questions, why arriving at an accurate view of ourselves is so challenging, and the implications for teaching, medicine, and even scientific research. Igor explores the possible reemergence of group assessments in education as a result of advances in AI, David shares why conversations with smart people often end up as competitions to ask the most questions, and Charles reflects on the wisdom-enhancing experience of jury service. Welcome to Episode 57.Special Guest: David Dunning.Links:Unskilled and unaware of it: how difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments - J Kruger, D Dunning (1999) The association between objective and subjective financial literacy: Failure to observe the Dunning-Kruger effect - Gilles E. Gignac (2022) Flawed Self-Assessment: Implications for Health, Education, and the Workplace - David Dunning Chip Heath Jerry M. Suls (2004) Feeling "Holier Than Thou": Are Self-Serving Assessments Produced by Errors in Self- or Social Prediction? - Nicholas Epley, David Dunning (2000) Why People Fail to Recognize Their Own Incompetence - David Dunning1. Kerri Johnson Joyce Ehrlinger Justin Kruger (2003) The Dunning–Kruger Effect: On Being Ignorant of One's Own Ignorance | Book Chapter - David Dunning (2011) | — | ||||||
| 8/29/23 | ![]() 56: Awe Reloaded (with Dacher Keltner) | Have we overlooked a major source of awe, right under our collective noses? Dacher Keltner returns to the On Wisdom studio to discuss his new book "Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life", the power of moral beauty, the desire for connection, and the importance of wandering. Igor suggest that awe can also entail feelings of terror, Dacher reflects on the perils of awe being used against us, and Charles shares his experience of an awe walk-around-the-bloc. Welcome to Episode 56.Special Guest: Dacher Keltner.Links:Dacher Keltner | UC Psych Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life Greater Good: The Science of a Meaningful Life Berkeley Social Interaction Laboratory Dacher Keltner: Why Awe Is Such an Important Emotion - YouTube The Science of Happiness Podcast | Greater Good Awe as a scientific emotion - Gottlieb, Keltner, Lombrozo (2018) Self-Transcendent Awe as a Moral Grounding of Wisdom - Dacher Keltner, Paul K. Piff (2020) Awe and humility. - PubMed - NCBI - Stellar, gordon, Anderson, Piff, McNeil, Keltner (2018) Why Do We Feel Awe? | Greater Good Why Does Awe Have Prosocial Effects? New Perspectives on Awe and the Small Self - Joshua D. Perlin, Leon Li (2020) Awe Motivates Authentic-Self Pursuit via Self-Transcendence: Implications for Prosociality - Tonglin Jiang, Constantine Sedikides (2021) | — | ||||||
| 8/5/23 | ![]() 55: Wise of the Machines (with Sina Fazelpour) | How can we make AI wiser? And could AI make us wiser in return? Sina Fazelpour joins Igor and Charles to discuss the problem of bias in algorithms, how we might make machine learning systems more diverse, and the thorny challenge of alignment. Igor considers whether interacting with AIs might help us achieve higher levels of understanding, Sina suggests that setting up AIs to promote certain values may be problematic in a pluralistic society, and Charles is intrigued to learn about the opportunities offered by teaming up with our machine friends. Welcome to Episode 55.Special Guest: Sina Fazelpour.Links:Sina Fazelpour's Website AI and the transformation of social science research | Science - Igor Grossmann, Matthew Feinberg, Dawn C. Parker, Nicholas A. Christakis, Philip E. Tetlock, Willian A. Cunningham (2023) Algorithmic Fairness from a Non-ideal Perspective - Sina Fazelpour, ZacharyC.Lipton (2020 Diversity in sociotechnical machine learning systems - Sina Fazelpour, Maria De-Arteaga (2022) Picking on the Same Person: Does Algorithmic Monoculture lead to Outcome Homogenization? - Rishi Bommasani, Kathleen A. Creel, Ananya Kumar, Dan Jurafsky, Percy Liang (2022) Algorithmic bias: Senses, sources, solutions - Sina Fazelpour, David Danks (2021) Constitutional AI: Harmlessness from AI Feedback - Yuntao Bai et al (2022) Taxonomy of Risks posed by Language Models - Laura Weidinger at Al (2022) Large pre-trained language models contain human-like biases of what is right and wrong to do - Patrick Schramowski, Cigdem Turan, Nico Andersen, Constantin A. Rothkopf & Kristian Kersting (2022) On the Dangers of Stochastic Parrots: Can Language Models Be Too Big? - Emily M. Bender , Timnit Gebru , Angelina McMillan-Major , Shmargaret Shmitchell (2021) In Two Moves, AlphaGo and Lee Sedol Redefined the Future | Wired Magazine (2016) | — | ||||||
| 5/30/23 | ![]() 54: Emotions Are Not What You Think (with Lisa Feldman Barrett ) | What actually are “emotions” and how are they made? Lisa Feldman Barrett joins Igor and Charles to discuss what we’ve got right and what we’ve got completely wrong about the nature of our emotional lives. Igor grapples with the idea that red apples aren’t necessarily red, Lisa shares that anger doesn’t always look like anger, and Charles learns that a racing heartbeat can be interpreted in fundamentally different ways. Welcome to Episode 54.Special Guest: Lisa Feldman Barrett.Links:Lisa Feldman Barrett's Website (Public) Interdisciplinary Affective Science Laboratory You Aren't at The Mercy of Your Emotions - Your Brain Creates Them | TED Talk (Jan 2018) Cultivating Wisdom: The Power Of Mood | TED Talk (May 2018) The theory of constructed emotion: An active inference account of interoception and categorization - Barrett, L. F. (2017) How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain | Book (2017) Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain | Book (2020) Context Reconsidered: Complex Signal Ensembles, Relational Meaning, and Population Thinking in Psychological Science - Lisa Feldman Barrett (2022) | — | ||||||
| 4/10/23 | ![]() 53: Moral Reframing and The Science of Political Persuasion (with Robb Willer) | How can you persuade someone who disagrees with you on everything? In this episode, we discover the secrets of political persuasion with Robb Willer, a leading expert on political persuasion and moral reframing. Igor grills Robb on the ethics of activism in social science, Robb defends his mission to make a difference in the world, and Charles is amazed to find out that he can fix his misperceptions with a few simple tricks. Don’t miss this inspiring and ground-breaking conversation that will transform how you communicate with others. Tune in to Episode 53 now!Special Guest: Robb Willer.Links:Robb Willer's Website How to Have Better Political Conversations | Ted Talk (2017) The Key to Political Persuasion | New York Times From Gulf to Bridge: When Do Moral Arguments Facilitate Political Influence? - Matthew Feinberg, Robb Willer (2015) Correcting inaccurate metaperceptions reduces Americans’ support for partisan violence - Joseph S. Mernyk, Sophia L. Pink, James N. Druckman, Robb Willer (2022) Interventions to reduce partisan animosity - Rachel Hartman, Will Blakey, Jake Womick, Chris Bail, Eli J. Finkel, Hahrie Han, John Sarrouf, Juliana Schroeder, Paschal Sheeran, Jay J. Van Bavel, Robb Willer & Kurt Gray (2022) The activist’s dilemma: Extreme protest actions reduce popular support for social movements - Matthew Feinberg, Robb Willer, Chloe Kovacheff (2020) | — | ||||||
| 1/5/23 | ![]() 52: World Wide Wisdom (with Deepak Ramola) | Imagine gathering hard-earned lessons from survivors of human trafficking in Nepal, middle school children in Afghanistan, refugees in Europe, and even a man who has witnessed over 12,000 deaths. Deepak Ramola has been on such a lesson-gathering mission for a while, and he joins Igor and Charles to discuss the life lessons he has collected, who gets to define moral behaviour, and how we might change our culture to encourage more perspective-taking. Igor highlights the challenge of stepping outside ourselves in the heat of the moment, Deepak asks some challenging questions about love, and Charles learns the surprising value of proverbs as tools of reflection. Special Guest: Deepak Ramola.Links:Deepak Ramola's Site Project Fuel World Wisdom Map Deepak Ramola | Ted Talk 50 Toughest Questions of Life | Deepak Ramola | — | ||||||
| 11/16/22 | ![]() 51: Tricky Colleagues and Contagious Emotions (with Tessa West) | How do we respond wisely to foolish behaviour in the workplace? Tessa West joins Igor and Charles to talk about the most common types of ‘jerks at work’ - including the bulldozer, the credit stealer, and the gaslighter, discussing what drives such unhelpful behaviour, and how best to deal with it. Igor explores the different ways we can respond to uncertainty in the workplace, Tessa suggests that we’re surprisingly nice to moral violators, and Charles learns the importance of building ‘affect contagion buffers’ into his day! Welcome to Episode 51.Special Guest: Tessa West.Links:Tessa West's homepage Tessa West's NYU page Jerks at Work: Toxic Coworkers and What to Do About Them - Tessa West (2022) | Book Stress Contagion: Physiological Covariation Between Mothers and Infants - Waters, West, Mendes (2014) 5 Signs You're The Jerk At Work | Huffington Post | — | ||||||
| 10/10/22 | ![]() 50: Morality Meets World (with Joshua Greene) | To give to both your favourite charity and a super-effective charity recommended by experts, visit Giving Multiplier: https://givingmultiplier.org/invite/ONWISDOM Can insights from moral psychology increase donations to more effective charities? Joshua Greene joins Igor and Charles to discuss ventilator allocation and other pandemic-related trolley problems, deep pragmatism, the dual process theory of moral judgement, and the power of the veil of ignorance. Igor gets excited about the role of metacognition for wisdom, Joshua reveals in what contexts we feel more comfortable pushing a fat man off a bridge, and Charles learns that when it comes to unfamiliar moral problems, we should not expect cognitive miracles! Welcome to Episode 50.Special Guest: Joshua Greene.Links:Giving Multiplier — Give to both your favourite charity and a super-effective charity recommended by experts. Joshua Greene's Homepage Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them - Joshua Greene (2014) | Book Veil-of-ignorance reasoning favors the greater good - Karen Huang, Joshua D. Greene, Max Bazerman (2019) The Psychology of (In)Effective Altruism - Lucius Caviola, Stefan Schubert, Joshua D. Greene (2021) Talks at Google | Joshua Greene - Moral Tribes: Emotion, Reason, and the Gap Between Us and Them | Joshua Green | Talks at Google Veil of Ignorance | Ethicsunwrapped | — | ||||||
| 8/31/22 | ![]() 49: Wise Goals (with Ayelet Fishbach) | What does goal-setting have to do with wisdom and how do we pick wise goals? Ayelet Fishbach joins Igor and Charles to discuss the dangers of moving too swiftly from planning-mode to action-mode, how to compromise across multiple goals, and why we need to rethink our relationships with vegetables! Igor underscores the importance of thinking of wisdom as a process rather than an outcome, Ayelet encourages us to change our situation rather than ourselves, and Charles learns the benefits of approaching a choice as if you’d make it 100 times. Welcome to Episode 49.Special Guest: Ayelet Fishback.Links:Ayelet Fishbach's Personal Website Get It Done: Surprising Lessons from the Science of Motivation - by Ayelet Fishbach Behavioral Science Authors Series - Ayelet Fishbach We’re Good at Motivating Others, but What About Ourselves? | Knowledge at Wharton Good Habits, Bad Habits: A Conversation with Wendy Wood | Behavioral Scientist Wisdom is a social-ecological rather than person-centric phenomenon | Science Direct - Grossmann, Dorfman, Oakes (2020) | — | ||||||
| 8/1/22 | ![]() 48: A Joyous Journey from Black-and-White to Grey (with Tom Gilovich) | Is "the spectrum" a more helpful way to think about the world than "categories"? Tom Gilovich joins Igor and Charles to discuss the perils of black-and-white thinking, the evolving data on the hot hand phenomenon, the science of regret, why foxes are wiser than hedgehogs, and the freedom that comes from learning that we are of less interest to other people than we think. Igor considers the limits of psychological nudging in tackling society’s structural problems, Tom shares the perspective that leads him to be so unrelentingly joyful, and Charles learns that even scientists have to work hard to avoid being typecast. Welcome to Episode 48.Special Guest: Tom Gilovich.Links:Tom Gilovich's Page | Cornell University Gilovich Judgment and Belief Lab The Wisest One in the Room: How You Can Benefit from Social Psychology's Most Powerful Insights (Tom Gilovich and Lee Ross) How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life - Gilovich The i-Frame and the s-Frame: How Focusing on Individual-Level Solutions Has Led Behavioral Public Policy Astray - Chater, Loewenstein (2022) | — | ||||||
| 7/20/22 | ![]() 47: Charting Pandemic Waters: A Common Wisdom Model for Uncertain Times (with Howard Nusbaum) - Rebroadcast | (First Broadcast - 21st June 2020) What is the value of wisdom in the time of the global pandemic? Does the community of behavioural scientists studying wisdom agree on anything about the nature of wisdom? Can we say what we now know about wisdom and, conversely, what do we know we don’t yet know? Howard Nusbaum joins Igor and Charles to discuss the recently assembled Toronto Wisdom Task Force and the resulting Common Wisdom Model, meta-cognition, the thorny issue of moral-grounding, and sage advice regarding how to measure wisdom in the lab. Igor stresses the importance of building solid theoretical foundations for the field in the context of the pandemic, Howard reflects on the viability of evil wisdom, and Charles learns that we had better pay close attention today to the values we program into the decision-making robots of tomorrow. Special Guest: Howard Nusbaum.Links:Original Broadcast: Episode 29 - Charting Pandemic Waters: A Common Wisdom Model for Uncertain Times (with Howard Nusbaum) The Science of Wisdom (AEON) The Science of Wisdom in a Polarized World: Knowns and Unknowns: Psychological Inquiry: Vol 31, No 2 A Common Model Is Essential for a Cumulative Science of Wisdom: Psychological Inquiry: Vol 31, No 2 University of Chicago Center for Practical Wisdom | Center for Practical Wisdom | The University of Chicago Wisdom in Context - Igor Grossmann, 2017 Toronto Wisdom Task Force Meeting 2019 (edited) - YouTube AI Open Letter - Future of Life Institute | — | ||||||
| 6/27/22 | ![]() 46: Antifragility, Gut Feelings, and the Myth of Pure Evil (with Jonathan Haidt) - Rebroadcast | (First Broadcast - 4th November 2019) Does that which doesn’t kill you make you weaker? Should we always follow our emotions? Is life a battle between good people and bad people? And critically, what might the adoption of these three popular, but unwise, ideas be doing to a rising generation of young adults? Jonathan Haidt joins Igor and Charles to discuss the three great untruths of modern life, the nature of antifragility, the 'great awokening,' rising violence on US university campuses, and the origin story of the Heterodox Academy. Igor suggests that diversity can help some projects while hindering others, Jon shares his ultimate conflict-resolving ninja skill, and Charles learns that conservative voters come in radically different shapes and sizes. Special Guest: Jonathan Haidt.Links:Original Broadcast: Episode 23 - Antifragility, Gut Feelings, and the Myth of Pure Evil (with Jonathan Haidt) Jon Haidt's Home Page Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid - The Atlantic Haidt's writings and materials on the effects of social media on teens and democracies Reparations, systemic racism, and white Democrats’ new racial liberalism (On the Great Awokening) - Vox Heterodox Academy The Coddling of the American Mind Predictors and consequences of intellectual humility - T. Porter, A. Elnakouri, E. Meyers, T. Shibayama, E Jayawickreme, I. Grossmann (2022) - Nature Reviews Jonathan Haidt: Can a divided America heal? | TED Talk A Conflict of Visions - Thomas Sowell How to Win Friends and Influence People - Dale Carnegie More in Common - Publications - The Perception Gap / Hidden Tribes The Authoritarian Dynamic - Karen Stenner E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the Twenty-first Century - Robert D. Putnam The emotional dog and its rational tail: a social intuitionist approach to moral judgment - Haidt (2001) The Coddling of the American Mind - International Coddling World Happiness Report 2019 - Chapter 5: The Sad State of Happiness in the United States and the Role of Digital Media - Jean M. Twenge The Happiness Hypothesis: Putting Ancient Wisdom to the Test of Modern Science: Amazon.co.uk: Jonathan Haidt: 8601300074849: Books The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion: Amazon.co.uk: Jonathan Haidt: 0884607571077: Books | — | ||||||
| 6/7/22 | ![]() 45: Wisdom at Work (with Barry Schwartz) - Rebroadcast | (First Broadcast - 28th December 2018) Can we design our workplaces to generate wiser behaviour? Why do we work anyway, and would we still work if we didn’t get paid? Do employers even want their employees to develop wisdom? Barry Schwartz joins Igor and Charles to discuss how Aristotle’s Practical Wisdom applies in the 21st Century, the reasons why we work, idea technology, the unintended consequences of rules-based systems, and the moral dangers and limits of incentives. Igor proposes the idea of algorithm-based wise machines, Barry suggests companies hire for character rather than skill, and Charles learns why, in wiser work places, the cost of free-riders may well be a price worth paying. Special Guest: Barry Schwartz.Links:Original Broadcast: Episode 11 - Wisdom at Work (with Barry Schwartz) Our Loss of Wisdom - Barry Schwartz (TED talk) Using Our Practical Wisdom - Barry Schwartz (TED talk) The Paradox of Choice - Barry Schwartz (TED Talk) Practical Wisdom (Book) - Barry Schwartz & Kenneth Sharpe Why We Work - Barry Schwartz (Book) The Paradox of Choice - Barry Schwartz (Book) Rethinking Work - Barry Schwartz (New York Times) | — | ||||||
| 5/24/22 | ![]() 44: A Special Announcement | Igor and Charles return with a special announcement for On Wisdom listeners ... | — | ||||||
| 12/4/21 | ![]() 43: Invisible to Ourselves: A Life of a Psychological Scientist (with Richard Nisbett) | A disturbing thought - might it be impossible for us to directly observe the workings of our minds? Richard Nisbett joins Igor and Charles to discuss a life lived on the cutting edge of behavioral sciences in the second part of the 20th Century. He shares tales from his groundbreaking research into our faulty mindware, discussing various biases, cultural differences in cognitive processes, our inability to directly observe our mental processes, and why job interviews are not only unhelpful but potentially harmful to our ability to hire the best person for the job. Igor is keen to learn about the human beings behind some of the 20th Century’s academic idols in social psychology like Daniel Kahneman, Amos Tversky and Lee Ross, Richard explains why important work and interesting work are not necessarily the same thing, and Charles struggles to make sense of when we do and don’t intervene to help strangers in peril. Welcome to Episode 43.Special Guest: Richard Nisbett.Links:Richard Nisbett's Homepage World After Covid - Richard Nisbett Interview Thinking: A Memoir The Psychology of Thinking - with Richard Nisbett - Royal Institution Lecture (2016) Telling more than we can know: Verbal reports on mental processes - Nisbett & Wilson (1977) The influence of culture: holistic versus analytic perception - Nisbett & Miyamoto (2005) Intelligence: New findings and theoretical developments - Nisbett, Aronson, Blair, Dickens, Flynn, Halpern, Turkheimer (2012). | — | ||||||
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