New episode of Nullius In Verba on induction and the generalizability crisis. I think this is one of our best episodes so far! Can we create generalizable scientific knowledge through induction? How would it work (or why would it not work) in practice? nulliusinverba.podbean.com/e/induction-de…

"Hopefully, this will force the education system to move from rote memorization to a more development based learning system"

Happy Thanksgiving, all! I am so thankful that I get to do Nullius In Verba with Daniël Lakens. It is always such a treat and we have some very fun episodes lined up. But don't miss this one.. it was easily one of our best and most engaging (for us, in any case) conversations.

Ok one more... buzzsprout.com/1207223/episod…

New episode of Nullius In Verba and More of a Comment than a Question! We join our friends to discuss if social psychological science has value, why some people choose non-academic careers, and how to organize psychological science to generate more useful knowledge. nulliusinverba.podbean.com/e/niv-moactaq/

Retweet if you want More of a Comment than a Question's fourth attempt at a final episode to fail.

Our 50th episode is up! We discuss listeners questions. There were so many, we will continue in episode 51. This week: Is it important to have a philosophy of science? Are they beliefs, or can we justify them? And we discuss critical realist approaches to qualitative science.

In this special two-part celebration, we answer questions submitted by our listeners. Thanks to Don Moore, Leif Nelson, Henry Wyneken, Charlotte Pennington, and Karan Paranganat for the questions! Episode 51: Quinquagesimus - II podbean.com/eas/pb-vegxm-1…

Join Kurt Gray & I on Feb 13th to talk about outrage, moral harm, and our emotional and political landscape. Use code CAL for discounted tix or livestream is free. In partnership w/ Heterodox Academy and Greater Good eventbrite.com/e/outraged-can…

Join us on Feb 13 for a conversation between Kurt Gray and @bopsourceabout on outrage, moral harm, and the emotional and political landscape. Use code CAL for discounted tickets. Heterodox Academy Greater Good eventbrite.com/e/outraged-can…

Not surprising but disappointing nevertheless.

🎓 You can't save academia from orthodoxy on your own. Join HxA members like Smriti Mehta to keep open inquiry and viewpoint diversity alive on campus. 🔑 Plus: members get $100 off our conference tickets.

New episode of Nullius In Verba on conspiracy stories, out now! Enjoy! nulliusinverba.podbean.com/e/fabulae-coni…

This episode is great It’s about pseudoscience but first Daniël Lakens and Smriti Mehta define what science is and go a bit into the history of science

🎓 How do we rebuild trust in our universities? A May Day conference at UC Berkeley tackled this question. From Alice Dreger, Ph.D.:

UC Berkeley Alice Dreger, Ph.D. 🔗 Hear different perspectives (PEN America, Steven Brint, Smriti Mehta) from this event on how trust in our universities can be rebuilt: heterodoxacademy.substack.com/p/how-do-we-re…

Virtual event for Trust Your Mind with Heterodox Academy HxA Berkeley Smriti Mehta May 29th at 1pm PT — come for the spicy psych takes and register here hxaberkeley.org/events/trust-y…

Join us today at 1 PM PT for a conversation with Jenara Nerenberg about overcoming self-silencing & groupthink and embracing heterodox thinking. Register here: berkeley.zoom.us/meeting/regist… Heterodox Academy

Very excited to publicly share news about a new tool, Papercheck, that Lisa DeBruine and me started to develop more than a year ago! In an introductory blog post, we explain our philosophy to automatically check scientific papers for best practices. daniellakens.blogspot.com/2025/06/introd…

I recently discovered this podcast and immediately fell in love with it. I vividly recommend it!