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#319: Julia Galef is an acclaimed expert on rational decision making. She\u2019s hosted the Rationally Speaking podcast for the last decade, and she\u2019s passionate about good reasoning. Her book, The Scout Mindset, highlights the importance of looking at situations objectively and honestly. This is something a lot of people struggle with -- humans are often irrational -- but Julia argues that this is a skill that we can develop with self-awareness.\xa0\nIn this interview, she shares the difference between what she calls a soldier mindset versus a scout mindset. She explains why we often default to the soldier mindset of defending ideas we desperately want to believe, and details several thought exercises that we can use to instead train our brains to scout for the truth.\nGood decision making and ensuring you look for high quality sources of information can help when weighing trade-offs, and it can also save you from making costly investment mistakes. Julia and I also discuss specific examples of when having a scout mindset can prevent you from risk of ruin.\nFor more information, visit the show notes at https://affordanything.com/episode319\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices