Discover this podcast and so much more

Podcasts are free to enjoy without a subscription. We also offer ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more for just $11.99/month.

359: Justin Ramsdell | How to Detect and Disarm Pseudoscience

359: Justin Ramsdell | How to Detect and Disarm Pseudoscience

FromThe Jordan Harbinger Show


359: Justin Ramsdell | How to Detect and Disarm Pseudoscience

FromThe Jordan Harbinger Show

ratings:
Length:
98 minutes
Released:
Jun 1, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Justin Ramsdell is a clinical psychologist, an expert witness, an assistant professor of forensic psychology at George Mason University, and a veteran pseudoscience detector.
What We Discuss with Justin Ramsdell:

Why stressed brains don't make great decisions (especially when there's no light visible at the end of the tunnel to indicate that there is an end).
How pseudoscience preys on our cognitive biases to give us the answers we want with the scantest of unprovable "evidence."
Why watching YouTube videos and ranting in Reddit threads doesn't count as "research" in the same way that work done by field-experienced scientists with doctorate degrees and peer-reviewed studies under their belts counts as research.
Be wary of intellectual trespassers -- who might very well be field-experienced scientists with doctorate degrees and peer-reviewed studies under their belts, but make wild, pseudoscientific claims about areas outside their expertise (e.g., a chiropractor who claims to cure COVID-19 with massage).
Why you don't have to be a field-experienced scientist with a doctorate degree and peer-reviewed studies under your belt to avoid being hoodwinked by pseudoscience charlatans.
And much more...

Full show notes and resources can be found here: https://jordanharbinger.com/359
Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course!
Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!
Released:
Jun 1, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

(Apple's Best of 2018) In-depth conversations with people at the top of their game. Jordan Harbinger unpacks guests' wisdom into practical nuggets you can use to impact your work, life, and relationships. Learn from leaders (Eric Schmidt, Simon Sinek, Marc Cuban), entertainers (Moby, Tip "T.I." Harris, Dennis Quaid), scientists (Neil deGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye), athletes (Kobe Bryant, Dennis Rodman, Tony Hawk) and an eclectic array of fascinating minds, from art forgers and arms traffickers to skeptics and psychologists.