24 Posts found for Author: Arthur C. Brooks

Illusion of explanatory depth … is similar to the famous Dunning-Kruger effect, which describes how people with low levels of skill in an activity tend to overrate their competence. One explanation for this is “hypocognition,” that people don’t know what they don’t know.

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The overconfidence of people laboring under the illusion of explanatory depth can lead to the spread of misinformation. As researchers have shown, … [ Read more ]

Author: Arthur C. Brooks | Source: The Atlantic | Subjects: Education | Scholarship, Intelligence | Knowledge, Psychology | Behavior

You need to make a commitment to date the right people for the right reasons. This might mean staying single for longer, looking past some cosmetic imperfections, or seeing a movie or two with someone you might once have dismissed. But in the long run, it’s sure to give you a lot less heartache.

Author: Arthur C. Brooks | Source: The Atlantic | Subject: Relationships

In a free society where you don’t fear being locked up for our opinions, true moral courage isn’t standing up to the people with whom you disagree. It’s standing up to the people with whom you agree — on behalf of those with whom you disagree. Are you strong enough to do that? That, I believe, is one way we can live up to Jesus’ … [ Read more ]

Author: Arthur C. Brooks | Source: The Washington Post | Subjects: Concepts, Ethics | Integrity | Morality, Personal Improvement, Religion

A 2014 article in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on “motive attribution asymmetry” — the assumption that your ideology is based in love, while your opponent’s is based in hate — suggests an answer. The researchers found that the average Republican and the average Democrat today suffer from a level of motive attribution asymmetry that is comparable with that of Palestinians and … [ Read more ]

Author: Arthur C. Brooks | Source: The New York Times (March 2, 2019) | Subjects: Articles & Links, Excerpts, Life & Society, Politics & Public Policy