112. Gordon Pennycook: From Carrot River to Cornell, misinformation, and reducing conspiracy beliefs from BJKS Podcast

112. Gordon Pennycook: From Carrot River to Cornell, misinformation, and reducing conspiracy beliefs

1 hour 50 minutes Posted Feb 17, 2025 at 7:00 am.

: Straight outta Carrot River: From Northern Canada to publishing in Natu...

Straight outta Carrot River: From Northern Canada to publishing in Nature

Exploration vs focusing on one topic: finding your research topic

A sense of having made it

Why apply reasoning research to religion?

Starting working on misinformation

Defining misinformation, disinformation, and fake news

Social media, the consumption of news, and Bayesian updating

Reasons for why people share misinformation

Are social media companies listening to Pennycook et al?

Using AI to change conspiracy beliefs

A book or paper more people should read

Something Gordon wishes he'd learnt sooner

Advice for PhD students/postdocs

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Gordon Pennycook is an Associate Professor at Cornell University. We talk about his upbringing in rural Northern Canada, how he got into academia, and his work on misinformation: why people share it and what can be done about it. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreon Timestamps

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