All episodes of The Dissenter

The Dissenter · 2026-03-13 · 45 min · 5,644 words

#1227 Steven Sloman - The Cost of Conviction: How Our Deepest Values Lead Us Astray

Listen to the original audio · Transcribed with NVIDIA Parakeet · Why times can differ in your player

Hello everyone, welcome to a new episode of The Decenter. I'm your host as always, Ricard Lopes, and today I'm joined by Dr. Stephen Sloman. He is professor of cognitive and psychological sciences at Brown University. And today we're talking about his latest book, The Cost of Conviction, How Our Deepest Values Lead Us Astray.

So Dr. Sloman, welcome to the show. It's a pleasure to have everyone. Well, thank you very much. I appreciate the invitation.

I'm glad to be here. Sure. So what is the premise of your book? I mean, what is this idea about conviction and people's deepest values in the book? You you talk about them as sacred values.

That is the first couple of minutes. The rest is $1.49.

We already have this episode, so unlocking it is cheap and permanent: the full transcript (45 minutes, 5,644 words), segment and word-level timestamps, and .txt, .srt, .vtt and word-level JSON downloads, as many times as you like, forever.

Have credits? Log in See plans

No account needed, we create one from your checkout email. With credits it is 1 credit; packs start at 5 episodes for $3.49, and monthly plans are cheaper still.

get it now

Ready in under two minutes.

credits never expire

Packs go up to 1,000 episodes. Need more? Email contact@podmenti.com and we will make you one.

One episode is up to 4 hours of audio; a longer one counts as one more for every started 4 hours. Secure checkout by Stripe. Paying once needs no account: we create one from your email. By paying you agree to the terms.