Today on the Cognitive Dissidents Podcast we dive into what is Dogma and why Dogma is bad? and specifically how unhealthy systems distance their dogma… Read More »Cognitive Dissidents: 013: Sam Harris, Jordan Peterson, and the Damage of Dogma
Today on the Cognitive Dissidents Podcast we discuss Elevation Emotion which is the idea that Elevation is an emotion elicited by witnessing virtuous acts of… Read More »Cognitive Dissidents: 012: Elevation Emotion
Today on the Cognitive Dissidents Podcast we discuss Gaslighting. What it is, where it originates and how it is a deeply unethical mechanism that institutions… Read More »Cognitive Dissidents: 011: Gaslighting
Today on the Cognitive Dissidents Podcast, We explore the Institutional mechanism of “Tattle Telling”. We explore both the Formal mechanisms as well as the informal. … Read More »Cognitive Dissidents: 010: Tattle Tellers, Narcs, and Snitches
Today on the Cognitive Dissidents Podcast, Host Bill Reel tackles the religious mechanism of faith leaders discouraging research into their faiths claims and history from… Read More »Cognitive Dissidents: 009: Doubt and the Internet
Today on the Cognitive Dissidents Podcast we dive into the idea of the “Illusory Effect” which is the idea that the more we repeat, hear,… Read More »Cognitive Dissidents: 008: Testimony Gained In The Bearing Of It
Mormon Discussion Podcasts 2017 Holiday Special. Several Hosts from our various programs have put together a Holiday Special simply sharing a Christmas thought and wishing… Read More »Mormon Discussion Podcasts: Holiday Special 2017
Today we talk about the religious mechanism of doublespeak. The idea that a religious institution benefits from seeming holding multiple contradictory perspectives at the same… Read More »Cognitive Dissidents: 007: Religious Schizophrenia
Today on the Cognitive Dissidents Podcast we talk about when it is a good time to get out of the boat. Using Mathew chapter 14… Read More »Cognitive Dissidents: 006: Getting Out of The Boat and Walking On Water
Today on the Cognitive Dissidents Podcast we talk about the backfire effect. The backfire effect is a cognitive bias that causes people who encounter evidence… Read More »Cognitive Dissidents: 005: The Backfire Effect
Today on the Cognitive Dissidents Podcast, we discuss Jesus’ parable of the sower and the seed and the various types of soil. The idea that… Read More »Cognitive Dissidents: 004: Sower And His Soil
Today on the Cognitive Dissidents Podcast, we discuss “belief Persistence”. The idea that each of us even when confronted with contradictory evidence continue to hold… Read More »Cognitive Dissidents: 003: Belief Persistence
Today on the Cognitive Dissidents Podcast, we discuss “Confirmation Bias”. The idea that each of us is out looking for data and evidence that confirms… Read More »Cognitive Dissidents: 002: Confirmation Bias
Today we introduce a NEW PODCAST , the “Cognitive Dissidents” Podcast. Hosted by Bill Reel this podcast will tend to focus more on the… Read More »Cognitive Dissidents: 001: Introduction