Nancy Sherman
7 statements across 1 episodes · 1 bullish · 2 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 14, 2021 by Nancy Sherman · across every show →
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Dec 14, 2021 neutral
Sherman: Reason and emotion are not separate faculties
“That the Greeks or Romans gave us, or maybe came with the enlightenment that there's the faculty of reason, and there's the faculty of emotion, and the twain shall never meet. That is so wrong. We know emotions are cognitively loaded. We know that cognition is…”
Dec 14, 2021 neutral
Dec 14, 2021 neutral
Sherman: Siloed expertise and media increase vulnerability to bias
“Communication skills are requisite if you're going to get outside the silo, and any knowledge is collective, cooperative not simply built in your area of expertise, and the more narrow the areas of expertise, and the more siloed the mediums for distributing th…”
Dec 14, 2021 positive
Dec 14, 2021 negative
Sherman: Automatic deference based on demographic identity is misguided
“It's not just clear because I'm now a woman speaking that you should defer to me on all matters that have to do with my gender. Nor if I were black, you know, you should defer to me on all matters, because I'm the person of color in the room.”
Dec 14, 2021
Sherman: Overcoming impulse relies on cognitive representation, not desire strength
“We often think about strength of desire, and I think that's wrong. You know, my desire for that next drink is much stronger than my desire for refraining. But it's not simply the strength. It has to do with the whole picture. What else hangs in that picture th…”
Dec 14, 2021 negative
Sherman: Passive Stoic acquiescence is pernicious rather than virtuous
“I am not the kind of stoic that says accept and acquiesce by any means. I think that's pernicious. I'm very much about exerting my agency and will to change the world as much as I can, but when it comes to those that are near and dear to me and have their own …”