Recently I have been reading an interesting book from 2021 by Julia Galef titled The Scout Mindset: Why some people see things clearly and others don’t. There is a Google Books preview of it and a Wikipedia page.
A table (shown above) from page 14 describes how there is a large difference between a soldier mindset and a scout mindset.
Chapter 4 in the book is titled Signs of a Scout. It has the following headings:
Feeling Objective Doesn’t Make You a Scout
Being Smart and Knowledgeable Doesn’t Make You a Scout
Feeling Objective Doesn’t Make You a Scout
Actually Practicing Scout Mindset Makes You a Scout:
Do you tell other people when you realize they were right?
How do you react to personal criticism?
Do you ever prove yourself wrong?
Do you take precautions to avoid fooling yourself?
Do you have any good critics?
In 2016 Julia gave two twelve-minute TEDx talks about this subject. One in February is titled Why you think you’re right - even if you’re wrong. The other in April is titled Why “scout mindset” is crucial to good judgment. There also is an hour and a half seminar at the Long Now Foundation on October 18, 2019 titled Soldiers and Scouts: Why our minds weren’t built for truth.
There is an article by Benjamin J. Lovett in Psychological Injury and Law magazine for 2022, Volume 15, pages 287 to 294 titled Objectivity or Advocacy? The ethics of the scout mindset in psychoeducational assessment.
The image of a woman with binoculars is from Wikimedia Commons.
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