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
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Music provided by Chet Hovatter.
Spotlight:
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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
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53:10 Is there any research opposing the backfire effect?
1:15:15 How can people contact Dr. Jonas Kaplan?
Follow Us
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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
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