Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2022-06-30
Books mentioned on Where Do Our Beliefs Come From? - David McRaney - #493
David McRaney is a psychologist, journalist and author. Where do our beliefs come from?
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie is a classic self-help guide focused on interpersonal communication, relationship building, and effective persuasion.
Discussed“yeah like i think the reason i like to talk about it like this is oh though this book is about how minds change and i was very adamant that that would be the co the cover the title that would be how minds change not how to change people's minds i did not want to write a book that”
Where to get it
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The Enigma of Reason
The Enigma of Reason by Hugo Mercier and Dan Sperber is a groundbreaking cognitive science book that redefines our understanding of human reasoning, arguing that reason evolved primarily for social argument rather than solitary truth-seeking.
Recommended“oh man that's hugo mercier er i keep promoting my own book but at the same time i'm asking people if you've never read the enigma of reason this is a book you should if you're like a super nerd about all this like i am like you are like you got to get the enigma of reason in your”
Where to get it
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Not Born Yesterday
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“uh he's also written another book since then called uh uh not born yesterday about uh trust and elites and things like that uh about mob behavior and and the things that he basically makes a case against it”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“yeah like i think the reason i like to talk about it like this is oh though this book is about how minds change and i was very adamant that that would be the co the cover the title that would be how minds change not how to change people's minds”
“how minds change the new book uh how minds change the surprising science of belief opinion and persuasion i had to actually look at the book just now to remember what what the full title was uh it's an actual real thing that i can hold um the that you can find at davemcrainy.com or just anywhere that books are”