Julia Galef
Born
in Silver Spring, Maryland, The United States
July 04, 1983
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Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World
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2017
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The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
35 editions
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2021
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“Discovering you were wrong is an update, not a failure, and your worldview is a living document meant to be revised.”
― The Scout Mindset: The Perils of Defensive Thinking and How to Be Right More Often
― The Scout Mindset: The Perils of Defensive Thinking and How to Be Right More Often
“The best description of motivated reasoning I’ve ever seen comes from psychologist Tom Gilovich. When we want something to be true, he said, we ask ourselves, “Can I believe this?,� searching for an excuse to accept it. When we don’t want something to be true, we instead ask ourselves, “Must I believe this?,� searching for an excuse to reject it.4”
― The Scout Mindset: The Perils of Defensive Thinking and How to Be Right More Often
― The Scout Mindset: The Perils of Defensive Thinking and How to Be Right More Often
“The more labels you have for yourself, the dumber they make you.”
― The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
― The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
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