You Are Not So Smart

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You Are Not So Smart

141 episodes · 4 with AI analysis

You Are Not So Smart is a show about psychology that celebrates science and self delusion. In each episode, we explore what we've learned so far about reasoning, biases, judgments, and decision-making.

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Topics · top 10

Visual Cognition and Information DesignArgument Mapping and Critical ThinkingDisagreement and Conflict ResolutionCognitive Limitations of Verbal CommunicationGame Design for Behavioral ChangeIntellectual Humility and Perspective-TakingMedia's Role in Modeling Adversarial DiscourseCollaborative Problem-Solving FrameworksNeuroscience of Visual vs. Verbal ProcessingDialogue vs. Debate Dynamics

Analyzed Episodes

Dec 22, 2025

329 - Point Taken - Steven Franconeri

Visual Cognition and Information DesignArgument Mapping and Critical ThinkingDisagreement and Conflict Resolution
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Jan 5, 2026

330 - A More Beautiful Question - Warren Berger (rebroadcast)

The Five Whys methodology for root cause analysisQuestion taxonomy and classification systemsNaive questioning and childlike curiosity in innovation
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Jan 19, 2026

331 - Wicked Problems - Martin Carcasson

Deliberative Democracy and Public DeliberationValues-Based Communication and Conflict ResolutionWicked Problems Framework
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Feb 2, 2026

332 - Concordance Over Truth Bias (rebroadcast)

Concordance Over Truth BiasConfirmation Bias and Disconfirmation BiasPolitical Polarization and Affective Polarization
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