October 2023 – the end of self-deception

This is what Lukáš Hána, consultant and critical thinking lecturer, founder of the #krimyš project, says about the book.

People tend to see what they want to see. We suffer from what Julia Galef calls the “soldier mindset.” We are wired to defend the ideas we want to believe in and reject others. However, if we want to perceive reality more accurately, we should practice the “scout mindset.”
Unlike a soldier, a scout isn’t focused on defending one particular side. Their task is to look around, explore the territory, and return with the most accurate map possible. Regardless of their own preferences, a scout primarily wants to know the true state of affairs.
In her book, Julia Galef explains how much our brain deceives us and how to use critical thinking more effectively. She shows that people with a “scout” mindset don’t owe their more accurate perception of reality to being smarter or more educated than others, but rather to a handful of emotional skills, habits, and ways of looking at the world.
And this very skill is something you can now master too, thanks to this book.

Who is Lukáš Hána?

Lukáš Hána works at the GrowJOB educational institute, focusing on developing and spreading the topic of critical thinking. He teaches people how to work with information and make evidence-based decisions. He founded and leads the #krimyš project, which organizes the largest critical thinking conference in the Czech Republic every year. He helped create a critical thinking course at VŠE, where he continues to teach, and is currently working on writing a book – the Critical Thinking Handbook. He is an active member of the Association for Effective Altruism, where he also serves as an ombudsman.