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The Scout Mindset

The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
AuthorJulia Galef
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
SubjectCognitive psychology, critical thinking, decision making
PublisherPortfolio (US)[1]
Piatkus (UK)[2]
Publication date
April 13, 2021[1]
Pages288[1]
ISBN9780735217553
OCLC1164823768
153.4
LC ClassBF311.G266 2021

The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't is a 2021 non-fiction book by Julia Galef.

In the book, Galef argues for what she calls a scout mindset: "the motivation to see things as they are, not as you wish they were".[3] The scout mindset emphasizes curiosity, unbiased truth-seeking,[4] and facing reality, even if that reality is unexpected.[5][6] Galef contrasts this with a "soldier mindset", which she says is a natural tendency to use motivated reasoning to defend one's existing beliefs instead of being open to changing them.[7]

  1. ^ a b c "The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Liz Connor The Independent The Scout Mindset was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Khazan, Olga (May 3, 2022). "You Were Right About COVID, and Then You Weren't". The Atlantic. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  4. ^ Dixon-Luinenburg, Miranda (October 20, 2022). "Julia Galef thinks we should be more like scouts instead of soldiers". Vox. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference rootquarterly The Scout Mindset was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ "The 15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2021". Bloomberg.com. December 18, 2021. Retrieved March 3, 2023.
  7. ^ Galef, Julia (2021). "Chapter 2: Two Types of Thinking". The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't. New York, New York: Portfolio. ISBN 9780735217560.

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