E201 | How to Change Brains, Minds and Culture with David McRaney

Why do people who believe in flat Earth come to believe in flat Earth? How do people who are anti vaxxers come to have that as their belief system? In this episode of The Melting Pot, David McRaney, science journalist and author of three books including, You Are Not So Smart, answers these questions and more. Key takeaways: How to change minds The people swap experiment Difference in gender confidence The Dunning Kruger effect The Halo effect at work Understanding pluralistic ignorance