Psychology Myths: Separating Science From Fiction
Jul 19, 2026 · 31 min · 11 segments
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Jul 19, 2026 · 31 min · 11 segments
Um, you know, psychology in and of itself is, you know, I've done a few episodes on, on this with social media.
That could be a topic in and of itself.
Unfortunately, popularity, the popularity does not equate with or mean accuracy, so I wanted to try and separate, uh, you know, science from, and, and science fiction.
And I guess, you know, you know, what would be, why do these myths spread? And reality is, in my opinion, incredibly complicated, and it even has, uh, a philoso- a philosophical aspect to it because you have reality and then you have perception.
Two people experiencing the same thing, um, at the same time with the same intensity, uh, can have completely different interpretation.
And I think the human brain, it, it pr- it prefers stories over statistics and definitely prefers certainty over probability.
Um, we like drama.
Uh, we like dramatic explanations, uh, versus like, you know, nuanced science.
And, and social media as this primary, I think, place to get information, um, it rewards confidence, not accuracy.
So, you know, you could say somebody who is an influencer or is followed by a lot of people that says, you know, "Every narcissist is, is evil," they're gonna get a lot more clicks, uh, than someone who's gonna explain the actual idiosyncrasies of personality or personality disorders.
And, you know, I think these myths survive because th- they're interesting.
The reason...
They're easy to remember.
They're emotionally satisfying.
Um, they're repeated constantly.
But the problem is I think there's only a very small grain of truth, and it almost becomes somewhat like the telephone game.
So there were just a few that I picked out over just, you know, taking notes over the last several years, and I really wanted to put something together like this because I've, I've done a lot of episodes on, you know...
I did one on AI.
I've did one on, uh, a few on social media.
So because that's such a go-to place for a lot of people to find their numbers in relation for all of their answers, I thought, you know, let- let's see here some of the more, more, more common ones.
Um, you know, psychology in and of itself is, you know, I've done a few episodes on, on this with social media.
That could be a topic in and of itself.
Unfortunately, popularity, the popularity does not equate with or mean accuracy, so I wanted to try and separate, uh, you know, science from, and, and science fiction.
And I guess, you know, you know, what would be, why do these myths spread? And reality is, in my opinion, incredibly complicated, and it even has, uh, a philoso- a philosophical aspect to it because you have reality and then you have perception.
Two people experiencing the same thing, um, at the same time with the same intensity, uh, can have completely different interpretation.
And I think the human brain, it, it pr- it prefers stories over statistics and definitely prefers certainty over probability.
Um, we like drama.
Uh, we like dramatic explanations, uh, versus like, you know, nuanced science.
And, and social media as this primary, I think, place to get information, um, it rewards confidence, not accuracy.
So, you know, you could say somebody who is an influencer or is followed by a lot of people that says, you know, "Every narcissist is, is evil," they're gonna get a lot more clicks, uh, than someone who's gonna explain the actual idiosyncrasies of personality or personality disorders.
And, you know, I think these myths survive because th- they're interesting.
The reason...
They're easy to remember.
They're emotionally satisfying.
Um, they're repeated constantly.
But the problem is I think there's only a very small grain of truth, and it almost becomes somewhat like the telephone game.
So there were just a few that I picked out over just, you know, taking notes over the last several years, and I really wanted to put something together like this because I've, I've done a lot of episodes on, you know...
I did one on AI.
I've did one on, uh, a few on social media.
So because that's such a go-to place for a lot of people to find their numbers in relation for all of their answers, I thought, you know, let- let's see here some of the more, more, more common ones.
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