Julia Galef's TED talk on February 2016, "Why You Think You're Right - Even When You're Wrong", talks about two different mindsets and how they’re used to impact our decisions in our daily lives. She has them imagine themselves portrayed as warriors. She asks them to imagine themselves having their adrenaline running and feeling the need to protect and defend yourself and others against enemies as a warrior would. Afterwards, she asks the audience to imagine themselves as a scout. Galef explains that a scout’s role is to understand what is actually happening and to view different perspectives. She says you think of the scout’s role and a warrior’s role as a mindset. Galef claims that your good judgments, good decisions, and accurate predictions
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He was biased and anti-Semitic just like the other officers. Later on, he began to question if Dreyfus was actually guilty. Galef tells that he found evidence that secrets being given to the Germans were continuing and found that another officer’s handwriting perfectly matched the letter. Although he brought this to his superiors, they turned down his evidence and still claimed Dreyfus was guilty. His superiors said that all he found was another spy mimicking Dreyfus as Galef mentioned. Galef tells the audience that Dreyfus was eventually released from prison with the help of Colonel Picquart. Even though Picquart had the same mindset as his fellow officers, Galef says he still was curious to find the real truth which portrayed him as a hero. Galef states that what Picquart has is a “scout mindset”, “It’s the drive not to make one idea win or another lose, but just to see what’s really there as honestly and accurately as you can, even if it’s not pretty or convenient or pleasant.” (08:06). Galef explains a scout’s and a warrior’s mindset is similar in which both are protective, but a scout is more curious than a warrior. She points out that a scout has different emotions and different values. So, Galef clarifies that instead of being bias, scouts are willing to change their perspectives on
He was biased and anti-Semitic just like the other officers. Later on, he began to question if Dreyfus was actually guilty. Galef tells that he found evidence that secrets being given to the Germans were continuing and found that another officer’s handwriting perfectly matched the letter. Although he brought this to his superiors, they turned down his evidence and still claimed Dreyfus was guilty. His superiors said that all he found was another spy mimicking Dreyfus as Galef mentioned. Galef tells the audience that Dreyfus was eventually released from prison with the help of Colonel Picquart. Even though Picquart had the same mindset as his fellow officers, Galef says he still was curious to find the real truth which portrayed him as a hero. Galef states that what Picquart has is a “scout mindset”, “It’s the drive not to make one idea win or another lose, but just to see what’s really there as honestly and accurately as you can, even if it’s not pretty or convenient or pleasant.” (08:06). Galef explains a scout’s and a warrior’s mindset is similar in which both are protective, but a scout is more curious than a warrior. She points out that a scout has different emotions and different values. So, Galef clarifies that instead of being bias, scouts are willing to change their perspectives on