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Julia Galef

Scout Mindset; calibrated reasoning popularizer.

Julia Galef is an American writer, speaker and co-founder of the Center for Applied Rationality. From 2010 to 2021, she hosted Rationally Speaking, the official podcast of New York City Skeptics, sharing the show with co-host and philosopher Massimo Pigliucci and produced by Benny Pollak until 2015.

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The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don’t
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10 May 2026
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