{"id":18947,"date":"2022-10-24T11:39:49","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T09:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/?p=129842"},"modified":"2022-10-24T12:00:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T10:00:08","slug":"instant-genius-podcast-irrational-thinking-and-beliefs-with-steven-pinker","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcsciencefocus\/rss_feed\/instant-genius-podcast-irrational-thinking-and-beliefs-with-steven-pinker\/","title":{"rendered":"Instant Genius Podcast: Irrational thinking and beliefs, with Steven Pinker"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Jason Goodyer\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 24 October 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Instant Genius<\/em> is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. In this week\u2019s episode, we talk to Steven Pinker.<\/p>\n

He is a renowned cognitive scientist and the author of the book Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why it Matters (Blackwells, \u00a310.99)<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

In this episode of Instant Genius<\/em>, Pinker shares his thoughts and theories about rational thinking and how we can overcome our own psychological biases.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\""ad-slot\" hidden-print=\"\">\n<div class=\""ad-slot__container"\">\n<div id=\""ad-post-mpu-teads"\" class=\""dfp-ad"\" data-adsizes=\""[[[0,0],[[300,250]]]]"\" data-adtargets=\"'{"pos":["outstream"]}'\" data-adrefresh=\""true"\" data-google-query-id=\""CL3XsM-DzvoCFRwWBgAdti4HYA"\">\n<div id=\""google_ads_iframe_\/176986657\/Sciencefocus.com\/instant-genius-podcast\/instant-genius-podcast_3__container__"\">\n<div id=\""im-instream-video-con"\">\n<div id=\""im-instream-video-con"\">\n<p>Find\u00a0<em>Instant Genius<\/em> on your preferred podcast platform here: <a href=\"\/\/instantgenius.podlink.to\/Podcast"\" target=\""_blank"\" rel=\""noopener" noopener noreferrer\">instantgenius.podlink.to\/Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Listen to more episodes of Instant Genius:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul><li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/instant-genius-podcast\/instant-genius-podcast-the-science-and-soul-of-music-with-prof-susan-rogers\/"\">The science and soul of music, with prof Susan Rogers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/nature\/instant-genius-podcast-flies-with-dr-erica-mcalister\/"\">Flies with Dr Erica McAlister<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-medical-detection-dogs-with-dr-claire-guest\/"\">Medical Detection Dogs, with Dr Claire Guest<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/science\/instant-genius-podcast-the-science-of-learning-music-with-adriana-barton\/"\">The science of learning music, with Adriana Barton<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/space\/instant-genius-podcast-holding-the-universe-in-your-hands-with-dr-kimberly-arcand\/"\">Holding the Universe in your hands, with Dr Kimberly Arcand<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/instant-genius-podcast\/instant-genius-podcast-the-future-of-self-driving-cars-with-jack-stilgoe\/"\">Instant Genius Podcast: The future of self-driving cars, with Jack Stilgoe<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/the-human-body\/instant-genius-podcast-the-heart-with-sian-harding\/"\">The heart, with Sian Harding<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/nature\/instant-genius-podcast-spider-season-with-prof-adam-hart\/"\">Spider season, with Prof Adam Hart<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\""https:\/\/www.sciencefocus.com\/nature\/instant-genius-podcast-dung-beetles-with-sally-ann-spence\/"\">Dung Beetles, with Sally-Ann Spence<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jason Goodyer Published: Monday, 24 October 2022 at 12:00 am Instant Genius is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. 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