David Robert Grimes on his book, Good Thinking @CentreforInquiryCanada
David Robert Grimes on his book, Good Thinking  @CentreforInquiryCanada
Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
David Robert Grimes (@drg1985) is a scientist and author of Good Thinking (The Irrational Ape in Europe and UK). David and Leslie talk about the centrality of critical thinking to human flourishing, and the many, many ways intuitive heuristics can mislead us. And yet, with training and diligence, we can overcome our biases, motivated reasoning, and logical fallacies to create the technologies that are part of modern life. David describes how and when to apply one’s critical faculties, and why doing so can save the world.

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David Robert Grimes on his book, Good Thinking

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