Intellectual humility fosters open-mindedness and respectful dialogue. It involves acknowledging the limitations of our knowledge and genuinely valuing diverse perspectives. Intellectually humble ...

The Greater Good Science Center’s three-year Intellectual Humility Project aimed to raise awareness of research on intellectual humility and its implications. As part of that, we supported 19 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘Research shows that people with higher intellectual humility think more critically, and are less biased and less prone to ...

Key points Intellectual humility (IH) is about recognizing the vast expanse of what you don't know. IH is not about doubting yourself, but holding your beliefs lightly and being ready to revise them.

Early in Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s science fiction blockbuster “Project Hail Mary,” middle school teacher Ryland ...

In my last post, I discussed the principle of intellectual charity as an essential element of constructive political conversations. As a companion to the principle of charity, we also need to ...

You think you are thinking clearly. You are not. Hidden biases, flawed decisions, and false patterns shape your choices every day. This selection of books challenges how you judge risk, process ...

In my last article, I explained that “my conservative stock-picking approach stems from personal financial losses during the Great Recession.” Having once been a successful real estate developer worth ...

Violent attacks on political opponents. Fear of giving an inch to a contrasting point of view. The rise of macho masculinity. These are among the manifestations of a hardening of our political and ...

Mark Twain apocryphally said, “I’m in favor of progress; it’s change I don’t like.” This quote pithily underscores the human tendency to desire growth while also harboring strong resistance to the ...