Episode · Stuff You Should Know · 2025-01-28

Books mentioned on The Gullibility Episode

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Being gullible is a weird thing. But are you born with it?

Josh Clark discussed Annals of Gullibility by Stephen Greenspan and Not Born Yesterday by Hugo Mercier.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Annals of Gullibility

   Stephen Greenspan · at 5:26

   Discussed

   “uh but this guy Steph Greenspan is an author he wrote a book he wrote the book on it um annals of gullibility called why we are duped and how to avoid it”

   Josh Clark The Gullibility Episode 2025-01-28 Listen at 5:26

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2. 

   Not Born Yesterday

   Hugo Mercier · at 38:15

   Not Born Yesterday by Hugo Mercier is a cognitive science book that argues humans are far less gullible than commonly assumed, utilizing evolutionary psychology to explain how people evaluate information and trust elites.

   Discussed

   “there's this writer Hugo uh Mercier who wrote a book in 2020 called not born yesterday”

   Josh Clark The Gullibility Episode 2025-01-28 Listen at 38:15

   Where to get it

   Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon