Wisdom isn’t about what you think; it’s about how you think. It’s using a set of mental tools. On this week’s episode of How God Works, we explore the science behind wisdom with @igi.bsky.social and take a look at modern & centuries old ways of cultivating it. www.howgodworks.org/podcast/seas...

Enjoyed talking to David Cooper on The Last Show about how to make wise choices @dtcooper.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/i...

Very much enjoyed joining @daviddesteno.bsky.social on his podcast. I think its the first time the classic contemplative practices are juxtaposed with modern wisdom science. Tune in!

My colleague Falk Lieder and I are hiring a new post-doc at UCLA to join the #WiseJudgementConsortium. The ad is here: recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10650

Share your thoughts who is an Ai and who is wiser here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Can you pass the #WisdomTuringTest?

Ever heard of the #Wisdom #TuringTest? I thought of creating one for the new #OnWisdom #postcast episode. This is a special episode & I want your help. Tune in: onwisdompodcast.fireside.fm/66

Research can feel like shouting into the void. I’m deeply grateful that Emma Buchtel, Xu Jingya, & Betul Turel built on our “wise reasoning” work to tackle cultural diversity. They presented a large-scale study proposal at the 2025 @psychscience.bsky.social Global Summit. #culturaldiversity

Excited to visit colleagues Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen - first time in Copenhagen! - to talk about (mis)#measurement, and (mis)#construal of #wisdom, incl. #intellectual #humility, #empathy/#perspective-taking, and #openmindedness to diverse viewpoints.

When faced with tough decisions, people across the globe prefer making their own decisions rather than accepting advice or information from elsewhere, according to a study from TWCF #ListeningAndLearningInAPolarizedWorld grantee @igi.bsky.social at @uwaterloo.ca#ListeningAndLearningInAPolarizedWorld 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/49aB0Ad/

If you are @ #SESP2025 in Lisbon and have bold, controversial ideas about psychology/social sciences OR if you want to know more about the process in #Psychological #Inquiry - one of our premier theory journals, please don't be shy - I am around & would love to meet you.

If your at SESP, check out our symposium on intellectual humility on Saturday!

Back in Portugal 🇵🇹 for #SESP2025 — and for the first time, #SESP itself is happening in Europe (Lisbon). This Saturday, 3:45–4:45 PM → Room Milão Chairing a symposium on #intellectual #humility in the #wild: #polarization, rural disputes, and #forecasting #societal #progress.

When science gets misrepresented, trust in science goes down. Good for @jespinosa.bsky.social to call out #misinformation, esp. given how contentious this topic is!

📣 New publication alert! In a large, diverse sample, #CompanionDogs with a history of trauma before 6 months were seen as more fearful and/or aggressive than trauma-free dogs or those with trauma later on in life 🧪 #CanineScience #DogBehaviour #EarlyLifeAdversity doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Science of #wisdom made it to the @hiddenbrain.bsky.social ! humbled to share some insights w @shankarvedantam.bsky.social and his team - www.patreon.com/HiddenBrain. Wisdom does not have a simple story and isn't a story of a single person. I hope you like it.

Our paper “The Reasonable, the Rational, and the Good” is finally out in Open Mind 🎉It spent over a year under review at another place—positive reviews + R&R—before getting rejected. Publishing is slow & messy. If you’re going through it, you’re not alone. direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...

Our recent work (which came out in Proceedings B doi.org/10.1098/rspb...) featured in @nautil.us. Can I Give You Some Advice? nautil.us/can-i-give-y...

Our recent work featured in @Forbes ! www.forbes.com/sites/anurad...

🚨 New paper out in JEP: General! psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-... Does adversity make us wiser? Spoiler: Not by default.

New Issue Alert: #Psychological #Inquiry, Vol. 36 (3), featuring the #open-access target article by Melody M. Chao: Introducing the ALPs Model for cultural competence. Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Full issue: www.tandfonline.com/toc/hpli20/36/3#OpenAccess Check it out & share.

New paper in Proceedings B, forcing us to rethink the canonical understanding of cultural differences in independent and interdependent agency.

1/10 Finally out in Proceedings B @royalsociety.org ! This took a while—big scope, many hands. We started with a worry: maybe Solomon’s paradox (doi.org/10.1177/0956797614535400) is “too obvious.” If stepping back helps wise choices, surely everyone does it… right?

1️⃣ Hot off the press! 🎉 Wisdom = story toolbox + smart shortcuts + metacognition. (Free PDF below.) www.researchgate.net/publication/...

ManyDogs has a new study! If you're a behavior researcher interested in collecting dog behavior data with your lab, get in touch 🙌🤓🐶 #BigTeamScience 🧪 #OpenScience #CanineScience #WomenInSTEM #dogs #teamworkmakesthedreamwork #AnimalBehavior #ComparativeCognition

"Sage against the machine" — is a behind-the-paywall title of a Hindustan Times article reviewing our paper ( doi.org/10.1038/s414...) on perception of wisdom in people across cultures (thanks to @igi.bsky.social ) there's a paywall but just in case www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/ar...

Wisdom & Culture Lab rocked geo-psych.com in Vancouver! Peter Diep debuted insights on #IntellectualHumility in Africa @maksimrudnev.com tracked shifting European values Plus, sneak peek at futurescape.uwaterloo.ca with Google Arts Exciting things ahead! #SocialScience #Culture

Out today: Psychological Inquiry 36(2) 🌐 Open-access deep-dive into Beyond Identity by Sebben & Ullrich + 8 lively commentaries and a rejoinder. Skim the TOC image & join the discussion on #FundamentalInequalities #SocialChange 👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/hpli20/3... @simonesebben.bsky.social

New paper 📄✨The reasonable, the rational, and the good. In press in Open Mind. • Rationality = rule-based, utility-max, perfect for tight problems • Reasonableness = socially aware, context-savvy, perfect for messy dilemmas doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/fc8n6_v3 #PsychSci #DecisionMaking #FolkWisdom

Amazing visit to Isabel Thielmann group &colleagues (Hannes Rusch Jean-Louis van Gelder) at the MPI Criminology and Law in #Freiburg to talk about folk standards of #rationality and #reasonableness. Such a fun, intellectually curious and hospitable group!

Just wrapped an inspiring stint with Ralph Hertwig & the @arc-mpib.bsky.social in Berlin to discuss #wisdom + #metacognition. Next stop: my alma mater @uni-freiburg.de‬ & MPI for Crime, Security, and Law to unpack how layfolk judge (econ.) #rationality vs (legal) #reasonableness! Coffee?

Excited about the visit ‪@arc-mpib.bsky.social to talk about the #wisdom #frontier in #judgment and #decision-making. The target JARMAC issue coming out this fall. Preprint here: osf.io/preprints/ps... as well as reflect on the ongoing work of the Wise Judgment Consortium wiseminds.uwaterloo.ca

New JEP: General paper: 499 adults • 4 surveys • 12 mo. A network of 4 skills—Intellectual #humility, uncertainty recognition, #perspectivetaking, search for #compromise—fits far better than any “one wisdom trait” Preprint + code: osf.io/9q5ke

Given everything happening to the students and postdocs everywhere right now... reminder we are still looking for a post-doc. A safe position in a stable, highly innovative environment in a safe, public health and public education loving country.

This topic (i.e., belief-behaviour correspondence) looks relevant to most psychologists, regardless of your content domain. If you're not reading Psych Inquiry, give it a whirl. Really nice format of target articles with thoughtful reviews. #PsychSciSky

🚨 New @psychinquiry Issue 36:1 just dropped! Target article: Understanding Belief-Behavior Correspondence by @jgranadossamayoa.bsky.social & @dalbarra.bsky.social. Why don’t beliefs always drive actions? 🔗 www.tandfonline.com/toc/hpli20/3...

Charles and I have a new OnWisdom Episode out, with Neil Van Leeuwen on #religion as #make-belief. Tune in! onwisdompodcast.fireside.fm/65

On getting AI models to "think" (more like humans), in IEEE Spectrum spectrum.ieee.org/chain-of-tho... They quoted me almost right - what I really asid was that the next frontier is metacognition (not just "better" cognition :)

🚨 FINALLY OUT! We explore how #wisdom evolves—and why psychology needs to take time seriously when studying it. 🧠 + 📏 + ⏳ = better research 🔗 50 free PDFs: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/RYITH... #PsychScience #Wisdom #Metacognition #TemporalThinking #OpenScience #PsychTwitter #AcademicTwitter

Stable funding, bold AI—Waterloo 🧭#Postdoc alert! Build wiser #AI at @UWaterloo’s Wise Judgment Consortium & CHARM lab. Topics: cultural reasoning, multi‑agent LLMs, preference modelling. Global, CIFAR backing, CAD 65k + benefits. Apply ➜ forms.gle/bM49EdkkhrXe... #ResponsibleAI #postdocjobs share!

NEW @collabrapsychology.bsky.social paper doi.org/10.1525/coll... by amazing Johanna Peetz and her team about the #goal #construal at the beginning and end of the day #mentalrepresentation #reasoning #chronotype #OpenScience

🚨 JOB! Full professorship (W3) in Personality Psychology / Interindividual Differences & Psychological Assessment at Uni Bremen. I hold the "sister professorship" is social psych & very much recommend this post. Please apply, share widely & don't hestiate to ask me! www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...

NYU is hiring a Visiting Lecturer in Social Psychology The position is ideal for someone who is applying for academic positions and looking to gain additional research and teaching experience. The salary is $70,000 Applicant review begins MAY 1. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/166631

NEW in press paper! “Wisdom in Time” (ERSP). TL;DR: Social psychology keeps talking growth & social change — but half the evidence is frozen in time. PDF👇https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/uy93k_v4

On this day, five years ago, we launched the Forecasting Collaborative - which led to worldaftercovid.info futurescape.uwaterloo.ca & papers in Am Psych & Nature Human Behaviour www.nature.com/articles/s41... For the summary in TICS: doi.org/10.1016/j.ti... Still more forthcoming!

End of term means a moment to pause and appreciate. Grateful to our incredible lab group for the hard work, curiosity, and thoughtful conversations this term. Looking forward to the ideas and discoveries ahead. Here’s to thoughtful science and wise humans! #Wisdom #AcademicLife

#AI lacks #wisdom — it struggles with #uncertainty, #reasoning & #cooperation. Can metacognition help? 🤖 Join us April 10 for a FREE talk by Sam Johnson and myself, hosted by BuzzRobot on how AI can learn to reason better & navigate uncertainty. lu.ma/kxohr9zp

"Wisdom is the quality of discerning what to do," says Igor Grossmann @igi.bsky.social in our wide-ranging and rich conversation about curiosity and wisdom. Listen here: lynnborton.com/2025/03/27/c... #choosetobecurious

“At the core of wisdom are these meta-cognitive processes," says researcher Igor Grossmann @igi.bsky.social. "Those are the key ingredients that can help you figure out—in a very uncertain world, in the context of radical uncertainty—what to do.” lynnborton.com/2025/03/27/c... #curiosity #wisdom

I had such a fun time talking to Lynn about wisdom and curiosity. Tune in!

Delighted to be discussing new ideas about how to build #wisdom in #machines, focusing on specific forms of #AI #metacognition at The African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science at the University of Johannesburg tomorrow!