My last podcast interview on dealing with controversy - collect data, be aware of motivated reasoning and confirmation biases, & apply lessons from the replicability movement when evaluating real-world information: be a healthy skeptic & verify claims. https://bit.ly/3cM4bJt ">https://bit.ly/3cM4bJt&q...

Too many people rush to judgment because it fits with their preconceived notions of the world. A healthy skeptic thinks carefully and tries to separate facts from fiction before drawing conclusions. A healthy skeptic resists double standards and tries to use the same standard...

...when discerning information that fits with or contradicts their belief system, the belief system of their social groups. A healthy skeptic resists the social pressure to rush to a premature conclusion.

That said, if you challenge the zeitgeist, be prepared for pushback.

Some of it will be constructive, useful criticism. Listen as it will improve the work & help you evolve. Now some of it will come from bad actors acting from a place of bad faith (see next tweet, the last part of this thread).

I live by many mantras and this is one of them:

“The price of being a sheep is boredom. The price of being a wolf is loneliness. Choose one or the other with great care.”

― Hugh MacLeod

I decided to forego being a sheep at the age of 12. And help others do the same.