David McRaney

David McRaney is an American science journalist, writer and podcaster. In 2009 he started the blog You Are Not So Smart, about self-delusion and motivated reasoning; it became a book, published in 17 languages, and then a podcast on which he interviews scientists who study the psychology of reasoning, decision-making and judgment. His second book, You Are Now Less Dumb, was released in 2013, and a later book, How Minds Change, examines how and why people change their minds. He had about 12,300 followers on X in February 2023.