Infinite Loops@InfiniteL88ps2d ago

"If you had a really reliable way of checking every scientific paper, I think you would find an absolutely massive number of errors." Psychology researcher Spencer Greenberg (@SpencrGreenberg) is the founder of Clearer Thinking and co-author of The 12 Levers, which distills 106 self-help books and 23 therapies into 12 broad strategies. Spencer joins us to discuss the replication crisis, p-hacking, and the problem his team named importance hacking. which self-help techniques hold up to evidence, why memory works like autocomplete and more. Out now on Infinite Loops, with @jposhaughnessy. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:51 The Eyes-Closed Experiment 3:08 We Forget Almost Everything 3:45 The Inner Why Technique 4:49 When Jim's Journal Contradicted His Memory 6:05 The Challenger Memory Study 6:54 Memory Works Like Autocomplete 9:26 How to Remember What Matters 11:11 Do Learning Styles Exist? 12:59 The Power of Full Attention 15:16 Jim on Meeting Bill Clinton 18:49 How to Disagree Productively 23:27 Parties That Never Repeat a Format 25:12 Blindfolded, Then Silent 29:17 How Spencer Beat Social Anxiety 31:17 Exposure Therapy and Behavioral Activation 33:06 Exercise: The Closest Thing to a Miracle Drug 34:50 Self-Help Ideas That Make Life Worse 39:37 Irrationality Is Social: Vet Your Authorities 42:47 Why Knowing Your Biases Isn't Enough 43:57 Jim's Bear Stearns Interview Test 47:00 What Actually Predicts Job Performance 49:50 Taking Bias Out of Hiring 52:33 Grade Candidates Side by Side 53:48 A Horse Race of 20 Self-Help Techniques 55:00 The Famous Goals Study That May Not Exist 56:12 Goals and Guiding Foundations 57:14 A Decision Exercise From Jim's Grandfather 58:59 The Pre-Mortem 1:01:04 The Replication Crisis and Importance Hacking 1:04:02 Could AI Audit Every Scientific Paper? 1:06:25 Science vs. Scientism 1:11:33 Why Studying Humans Is So Hard 1:13:20 Inside The 12 Levers 1:15:36 The Biggest Lesson From 100+ Studies 1:18:18 Why Testimonials Mislead 1:18:57 Why Change Is Hard 1:20:01 John Sarno and Pain in the Mind 1:27:17 Conditions the Mind Can Help Solve 1:28:40 Jim's Frozen Neck and the Sarno Book 1:31:35 Phantom Limbs and the Mirror Box 1:34:08 Can AI Be a Good Therapist? 1:36:28 Brutally Honest AI Feedback 1:39:57 The Lever That Surprised Spencer Most 1:43:36 Two Ideas for the World