#179 "Free Your Mind" with Theresa

Following up on my first annual "freedom" themed show, this year, I return to the book, You Are Now Less Dumb, to continue sharing about different cognitive biases we all likely have. Last year I touched on "Narrative Bias" (you are a being capable of logic and reason who falls short of that ideal in predictable ways) and "The Backfire Effect" (when your deepest convictions are challenged by contradictory evidence, your beliefs get stronger). This year I turn to "The No True Scotsman Fallacy" (you will shift your definitions to protect your ideologies) and "The Illusion of Asymmetric Insight" (you are driven to create and form groups and then believe others are wrong just because they are others). But first, I talk about "self delusion" from the introduction to the book which gives a nice overview of our general misconceptions. Why do I care about these things? Well because I fancy myself an independent thinker, but the only real way to be sure of that, if surety is even possible, is for me to look for holes in my thinking and this book does a fabulous job of helping me to see where I fall short. So, if you too want to free your mind and be truly independent, then this is the show for you!Here's my article on "unhiddenness."You can hear my accompanying playlist featuring "Dreaming" by Blondie, "Roam" by the B52's, "Freedom" by George Michael, "Holiday" by Madonna, ""Free Your Mind" by En Vogue, "Freedom" by Beyonce, "My Power" by Edie Brickell and the New Bohemians, and my fave "Revolution" by the Heartless Bastards, lyrics below:Where you going, my friend?Have you forgotten whenThere was a time filled with hope instead of fear that's in your heartThere was a time when life was simple and innocent to startDo you remember?Do you remember?Where you going, my friend?Have you forgotten whenThere was a time when false information wasn't so rampant in the sphereThere was a time when you weren't questioning everything you hearDo you remember?Do you remember?Constantly being advertised, your life commercialized and disguisedAs happiness in pills and potions, fancy threads and cars in motionHypnotized by gilded lies to line the pockets of so fewWhile hungry politicians feed bullshit to the massesTo ensure their statuses and further divide the classesUh-huhAnd you were born with a voice so open up and speak your mindRaise consciousness and elevate how we all relate don't hesitateNo need to be better or smarter than anybody elseLeave judgement at the door for others and yourselfThe revolution is in your mindThe revolution is in your mindThe revolution is in your mindThe revolution is in your mindBig Brother's watching you and trying to sell you something newAnd I just want to take away take away the bluesBig Brother's watching you and trying to sell you something newAnd I just want to take away take away the bluesThe revolution is in your mindThe revolution is in your mindThe revolution is in your mindThe revolution is in your mindRevolutionRevolutionRevolutionRevolutionWhen I get up, oh, I get up in the morningAll I really want is the truthOh, when I open my eyes and I get up in the morningAll I really need is the truthYou were born with a voice so open up and speak your mindRaise consciousness and elevate how we all relate don't hesitateNo need to be better or smarter than anybody elseLeave judgement at the door for others and yourselfThe revolution is in your mindThe revolution is in your mindThe revolution is in your mindThe revolution is in your mindWhen I get up, oh, I get up in the morningAll I really want is the truthOh, when I open my eyes and I get up in the morningAll I really need is the truthRevolutionRevolutionRevolutionRevolutionThe revolution is in your mindThe revolution is in your mindThe revolution is in your mindThe revolution is in your mindRevolutionRevolutionRevolutionRevolutionThe revolution is in your mindThe revolution is in your mindThe revolution is in your mindThe revolution is in your mindToday’s show was engineered by Ian Seda of Radio Kingston. Our show music is from Shana Falana !!!Feel free to email me, say hello: [email protected]** Please: SUBSCRIBE to the pod and leave a REVIEW wherever you are listening, it helps other users FIND IThttp://iwantwhatshehas.org/podcastITUNES | SPOTIFY | STITCHERITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i-want-what-she-has/id1451648361?mt=2SPOTIFY:https://open.spotify.com/show/77pmJwS2q9vTywz7Uhiyff?si=G2eYCjLjT3KltgdfA6XXCASTITCHER: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/she-wants/i-want-what-she-has?refid=stpr’Follow:INSTAGRAM * https://www.instagram.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast/FACEBOOK * https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcastTWITTER * https://twitter.com/wantwhatshehas