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Every book Stuart Ritchie recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Stuart Ritchie has recommended or discussed 4 books on podcasts, as of October 3, 2022.
- Stuart Ritchie has talked about books on 2 podcasts, as of October 3, 2022.
- Those books came up in 2 episodes, as of October 3, 2022.
- The 3 books Stuart Ritchie has mentioned in the most episodes, as of October 3, 2022: The Expectation Effect, Grit and The Emperor's New Drugs.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Stuart Ritchie aired on October 3, 2022.
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Across 2 podcasts. Every show Stuart Ritchie appears on, in one place — not just one.
Stuart Ritchie is a scientist and author whose appearances on programs like Modern Wisdom and The Jordan Harbinger Show reflect a rigorous engagement with behavioral genetics, scientific replication, and the communication of empirical research. During his discussions on the complexities and public perceptions of science, Ritchie has pointed listeners toward several notable works. He enthusiastically recommended David Robson's The Expectation Effect, a book by a science writer that explores the powerful influence of the placebo effect across multiple domains. When discussing popular psychology and self-improvement literature, Ritchie analyzed Angela Duckworth's Grit, acknowledging its massive cultural footprint in schools while critically examining its empirical overlap with traditional measures of conscientiousness. He also referenced Irving Kirsch's The Emperor's New Drugs while speaking about prominent critics of antidepressants and the small average effect sizes found in drug studies. Additionally, Ritchie mentioned Daniel Kahneman's ultra-popular Thinking, Fast and Slow when dissecting how certain priming studies ultimately made their way into widely accepted popular psychology frameworks. Through these references, Ritchie demonstrates a commitment to evaluating scientific literature with both curiosity and critical scrutiny.
Books Stuart Ritchie recommended or discussed
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The Expectation Effect
Recommended“So he wrote a book science writer very good really really good And I would highly recommend you go and check it out uh and so he's talking about basically the placebo effect but across multiple different sorts of domains”
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Grit
Discussed“so um there was this big book in like 20. Angela Duckworth Yes Angela with book um 16 something like that that came out that was that was great It's in every single School in the country everyone loves it like the power of persistence and passion and all that sort of stuff If you look at the studies like”
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The Emperor's New Drugs
Discussed“Irvin Kirsch the famous critic of um antidepressants published a book called the emperor's new drugs I think it's called about antidepressants and he said an effect size of 0.2 is the average that you get out of studies of antidepressants”
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Discussed“and you know it has made its way into loads of really popular books including by really reliable and respected people like daniel kahneman there's loads of stuff in thinking fast and slow his his like ultra popular and really good”
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Books Stuart Ritchie wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Why Is Behavioural Genetics Such A Hated Science? - Dr Stuart Ritchie - #534 | Modern Wisdom | 2022-10-03 | 3 |
| Confessions of Scientists Faking Medical Research | Ep. 436 | The Jordan Harbinger Show | 2020-12-13 | 1 |
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“well um I think Behavior genetics I wrote about this in my most recent book science fictions which is about the replication crisis exactly and um I I think Behavior genetics was one of the very first fields to be completely smashed by the replication crisis in one of its respects”
“and my book is uh science fictions came out a couple years ago”