Dr. Caleb Lack

Dr. Caleb Lack, PhD joins me to talk about:

The ability to be skeptical without being devoid of empathy;  exceeding your own expertise;  the importance of saying “I don’t know”; being approachable as a professor; giving honest, thoughtful advice; teaching styles; imposter syndrome, continual self-improvement, creating lasting change through engaging learning styles; learning how to think critically; fostering intellectual freedom and creativity in unconventional places; growing up as an avid reader; staying connected to your roots while also evolving;  deriving part of one’s moral development through stories and fictional characters; storytelling as a means of transferring information; being open to changing one’s mind; cultivating the mindset to improve things for others; aspirations to be a professor; specializing in PTSD and OCD; Exposure and Response Prevention therapy; being approached to write a critical thinking book; developing research skills over time; engaging in civil discourse with differing opinions; the skepticism movement; science communication; and tips for battling misinformation.

TIMECODES 
22:10 Developing his teaching style

46:15 #1 Patty Lack (Mother)

59:20 Deciding to specialize in OCD

1:10:23 His book — Critical Thinking, Science, and Pseudoscience: Why You Can’t Trust Your Brain

1:13:56 #2 Dr. Eric Storch (Colleague/friend)

1:32:57 #3 Scott Lilienfeld (Psychologist, author)

1:36:45 #4 Carl Sagan (Astronomer, science communicator)

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