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Stephan Guyenet

Stephan Guyenet

@stephan-guyenet · 14 positions · 1 change of mind · On ppll ↗

Obesity researcher with a PhD in neuroscience, formerly at the University of Washington, and author of The Hungry Brain. Writes about the neuroscience of body weight and food reward at stephanguyenet.com.

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2 of Stephan Guyenet's claims fit 2 mental models. Most often: Many models, not one, Probabilistic thinking.

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Many models, not one

Carry many models from many fields and use them together; with only one, every problem looks like a nail for your hammer.

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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.

  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. Quickly assessing the credibility of public expertsstephanguyenet.com · 30 Aug 2018All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsThe 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.

    ↗Quickly assessing the credibility of public expertsstephanguyenet.com

    30 Aug 2018

Probabilistic thinking

Think in odds, not certainties, and bet heavily only when the odds are clearly yours.

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Changing your mind in light of new facts should be celebrated rather than held against you.

  1. Stephan Guyenet Obesity researcher with a PhD in neuroscience Inability to change one’s mind is a hallmark of an irrational belief system. Quickly assessing the credibility of public expertsstephanguyenet.com · 30 Aug 2018All korrents from this piece
    Their wordsInability to change one’s mind is a hallmark of an irrational belief system.

    ↗Quickly assessing the credibility of public expertsstephanguyenet.com

    30 Aug 2018