Miguel Lima

“So I’ve given it one. I call it scout mindset: the motivation to see things as they are, not as you wish they were. Scout mindset is what allows you to recognize when you are wrong, to seek out your blind spots, to test your assumptions and change course.”
― Julia Galef, The Scout Mindset: The Perils of Defensive Thinking and How to Be Right More Often

“Just as there are fashions in clothing, so, too, are there fashions in ideas.”
― Julia Galef, The Scout Mindset: The Perils of Defensive Thinking and How to Be Right More Often

“The best description of motivated reasoning I’ve ever seen comes from psychologist Tom Gilovich. When we want something to be true, he said, we ask ourselves, “Can I believe this?,” searching for an excuse to accept it. When we don’t want something to be true, we instead ask ourselves, “Must I believe this?,” searching for an excuse to reject it.4”
― Julia Galef, The Scout Mindset: The Perils of Defensive Thinking and How to Be Right More Often

“Discovering you were wrong is an update, not a failure, and your worldview is a living document meant to be revised.”
― Julia Galef, The Scout Mindset: The Perils of Defensive Thinking and How to Be Right More Often