Persuasive Bullshitters and the Insidious Bullshit Hypothesis with John Petrocelli

Why are many beliefs based on bullshit rather than facts, data, evidence, or established knowledge?

With a particular focus on memory, Petrocelli guides us through his research to understand how and why bullshit can be more persuasive than lies.
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John Petrocelli is a professor of psychology at Wake Forest University. He is an experimental social psychologist (PhD, Indiana University, Bloomington) and the author of The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit.
This talk took place on October 22, 2022

John V. Petrocelli

John V. Petrocelli is professor of psychology in the Department of Psychology at Wake Forest University. He is an experimental social psychologist and is the author of The Life-Changing Science of Detecting Bullshit (St. Martin’s Press, 2021). He also serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin.