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We welcome University of Miami postdoc Shane Littrell on the pod to discuss his research on bullshitting, Paul's pretentious website, and Thomas Chatterton Williams' bad week online.Find out more about Shane's research on his website here

We welcome University of Miami postdoc Shane Littrell on the pod to discuss his research on bullshitting, Paul's pretentious website, and Thomas Chatterton Williams' bad week online. Find out more about Shane's research on his website <a href="https://shanelittrell.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>

Littrell Violence (with Shane Littrell)

Shane Littrell is a cognitive psychologist based at the University of Waterloo. His research focuses on bullshitting (no joke) and he recently published a paper titled ‘You can’t bullshit a bullshitter’ (or can you?): Bullshitting frequency predicts receptivity to various types of misleading information.In this episode we discuss what bullshit is, how it differs from lying, some of the types of bullshit, Shane's research, how to better equip yourself so that you fall for bullshit less often and what you probably don't know about the Dunning-Kruger effect.You can follow Shane on Twitter - twitter.com/MetacogniShaneFollow No Lift on Instagram - www.instagram.com/noliftpodcast/?hl=enShane's recent publication - psyarxiv.com/5c2ej/download?format=pdfOriginal Kruger &amp; Dunning (1999) publication - www.avaresearch.com/files/Unskilled…UnawareOfIt.pdfDunning-Kruger blog posts mentioned - theness.com/neurologicablog/ind…ing-dunning-kruger/- theness.com/neurologicablog/ind…rom-dunning-kruger/

Shane Littrell is a cognitive psychologist based at the University of Waterloo. His research focuses on bullshitting (no joke) and he recently published a paper titled ‘You can’t bullshit a bullshitter’ (or can you?): Bullshitting frequency predicts receptivity to various types of misleading <a href="http://information.In" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">information.In</a> this episode we discuss what bullshit is, how it differs from lying, some of the types of bullshit, Shane's research, how to better equip yourself so that you fall for bullshit less often and what you probably don't know about the Dunning-Kruger effect. You can follow Shane on Twitter - <a href="http://twitter.com/MetacogniShane" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/MetacogniShane</a> Follow No Lift on Instagram - <a href="http://www.instagram.com/noliftpodcast/?hl=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/noliftpodcast/?hl=en</a> Shane's recent publication - <a href="http://psyarxiv.com/5c2ej/download?format=pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">psyarxiv.com/5c2ej/download?format=pdf</a> Original Kruger &amp; Dunning (1999) publication - <a href="http://www.avaresearch.com/files/Unskilled…UnawareOfIt.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.avaresearch.com/files/Unskilled…UnawareOfIt.pdf</a> Dunning-Kruger blog posts mentioned - <a href="http://theness.com/neurologicablog/ind…ing-dunning-kruger/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">theness.com/neurologicablog/ind…ing-dunning-kruger/</a> - <a href="http://theness.com/neurologicablog/ind…rom-dunning-kruger/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">theness.com/neurologicablog/ind…rom-dunning-kruger/</a>

Episode 150 - 'Bullshitting' research with Shane Littrell

In a surprise interview with the Unlikely Academics, Mr. Coleman, Dr. Holcombe, and Dr. Silver welcome Doctoral Student Shane Littrell to this episode. Mr. Littrell shares his research on the Psychology of Bullshit, dual process theory, and belief formation in his Cognitive Psychology Program at the University of Waterloo in Waterloo Ontario Canada. Shane is a 43-year-old non-traditional student who had his first career in Industrial-Organizational Psychology and Restaurant Management and returned to academia to receive a second masters in research psychology, and eventually landing in a cognitive doctoral program at Waterloo. Shane discusses the move to Canada, cultural differences, and adapting to a new place and culture. As a sincere renaissance person, Shane has cross read in a variety of intellectual domains connecting social theory, philosophy, practice, and psychology into a very captivating interview.

S01E12 -- The Psychology of Bullsh*t and Graduate School in Canada. An interview with Unlikely Academic, Doctoral Student, and Cognitive Psychologist, Mr. Shane Littrell from the University of Waterloo.