Listening Notes: You Are Not So Smart podcast ep 92: Bullshit

Episode link: https://soundcloud.com/youarenotsosmart/092-bullshit-rebroadcast

Takeaways:

Methods of thinking are more important than raw intelligence. The people who were burning witches probably didn’t have a lower IQ than the people who went to the moon. They thought about the world in a different way.

Bullshit and lying aren’t the same. Bullshit may contain lies, but the purpose is different. Lies intentionally deceive, but bullshit’s goal is impressing the listener.

Falling for bullshit isn’t a good indicator for someone’s intelligence.

People may fall for bullshit for non-obvious reasons, such as reading too far into it or projecting their own beliefs onto it.