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People who explain everything with one big idea are bad at modelling the world, and the media selects for them because they sound confident.

Drawn from what Stephan Guyenet said

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behavioural science Applying how people actually decide to policy, rather than assuming how they should.

Many models, not one

Philip Tetlock

Which mental models help you think better?under our view: One model is never enough: carry many, from many fields, or every problem looks like a nail

What Stephan Guyenet actually said

  1. Stephan Guyenet Obesity researcher with a PhD in neuroscience
    The work of Philip Tetlock, PhD and others has shown that people who have one big idea to explain everything (“hedgehogs” or ideologues) are very bad at accurately modeling the world, predicting outcomes, and recommending effective actions.

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