Why Our Intuitive Theories About the World Are So Often Wrong feat. Andrew Shtulman

unSILOed with Greg LaBlanc · Feb 2, 2022 · 48m

Humans are born to create theories about the world -- unfortunately, we're often wrong and our intuitive theories keep us from understanding science and the world as it really is.Andrew Shtulman is a cognitive developmental psychologist who studies conceptual development and conceptual change, particularly as they relate to science education, and does this work at Occidental College, where he is currently a professor of psychology.He has also written a book, Scienceblind: Why Our Intuitive Theories About the World Are So Often WrongAndrew joins Greg in this episode to talk about conceptual…