Train Your BS Meter for the Intelligence Age – YouTube

Train Your BS Meter for the Intelligence Age

Hosts: Mark Smith, Meg Smith

A practical conversation on critical thinking in a noisy news cycle. The hosts unpack bias, truth detection, and source triangulation, then show how to set personal inputs, tune ad preferences, and use AI as a questioning coach. You get simple checks for risk, bias, and truth, plus resources to build daily habits that protect focus and decision quality.

Join the private WhatsApp group for Q&A and community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/E0iyXcUVhpl9um7DuKLYEz

What you’ll learn

Apply a low, medium, high risk check before trusting information
Use source triangulation for travel, policy, and high-impact decisions
Reduce algorithmic pull by auditing and adjusting ad interests
Spot common biases and set prompts that challenge your view
Build a daily news routine that filters noise and highlights impact

Chapters

00:00 The Importance of Critical Thinking in Today’s World
02:32 Understanding AI’s Role in Critical Thinking
06:21 Navigating Information Consumption and Bias
11:36 Developing a Critical Thinking Framework
16:54 Source Triangulation and Validating Information
18:53 Techniques to Avoid Bias in AI Usage

Highlights

“It’s really important… identifying and understanding how we measure or apply critical thinking.”
“Who wants me to believe this? … Why do they want me to believe this?”
“Control and even limit what you consume.”
“Decide, is this a low, medium or high risk of me getting this wrong.”
“We need to develop our truth sense.”
“Act as my critical thinking coach… challenge my thinking one question at a time.”
“Go one step further and ask it to explain it.”

Mentioned
Nexus (book) https://amzn.to/3Ks2ffq
Blink (book) https://amzn.to/3VZFr9z
TED Talks by Hans and Ola Rosling https://youtu.be/Sm5xF-UYgdg?si=CPEOyZ_lzzwJI3dX
Jacinda Ardern Video https://youtu.be/xJg1McSvgo8?si=8RdIG6g2oxA2rDNk

Connect with the hosts

Mark Smith: Blog https://www.nz365guy.com, LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/nz365guy

Meg Smith: Blog https://www.megsmith.nz, LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/megsmithnz

Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nz365guy)

Subscribe, rate, and share with someone who wants to be future ready. Drop your questions in the comments or the WhatsApp group, and we may feature them in an upcoming episode.

Keywords: critical thinking, bias, confirmation bias, selective attention, frequency illusion, baader-meinhof, triangulation, truth, amygdala, advertising preferences, perplexity, whatsapp

Hosts: Mark Smith, Meg Smith

A practical conversation on critical thinking in a noisy news cycle. The hosts unpack bias, truth detection, and source triangulation, then show how to set personal inputs, tune ad preferences, and use AI as a questioning coach. You get simple checks for risk, bias, and truth, plus resources to build daily habits that protect focus and decision quality.

Join the private WhatsApp group for Q&A and community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/E0iyXcUVhpl9um7DuKLYEz

What you’ll learn

Apply a low, medium, high risk check before trusting information
Use source triangulation for travel, policy, and high-impact decisions
Reduce algorithmic pull by auditing and adjusting ad interests
Spot common biases and set prompts that challenge your view
Build a daily news routine that filters noise and highlights impact

Chapters

00:00 The Importance of Critical Thinking in Today’s World
02:32 Understanding AI’s Role in Critical Thinking
06:21 Navigating Information Consumption and Bias
11:36 Developing a Critical Thinking Framework
16:54 Source Triangulation and Validating Information
18:53 Techniques to Avoid Bias in AI Usage

Highlights

“It’s really important… identifying and understanding how we measure or apply critical thinking.”
“Who wants me to believe this? … Why do they want me to believe this?”
“Control and even limit what you consume.”
“Decide, is this a low, medium or high risk of me getting this wrong.”
“We need to develop our truth sense.”
“Act as my critical thinking coach… challenge my thinking one question at a time.”
“Go one step further and ask it to explain it.”

Mentioned
Nexus (book) https://amzn.to/3Ks2ffq
Blink (book) https://amzn.to/3VZFr9z
TED Talks by Hans and Ola Rosling https://youtu.be/Sm5xF-UYgdg?si=CPEOyZ_lzzwJI3dX
Jacinda Ardern Video https://youtu.be/xJg1McSvgo8?si=8RdIG6g2oxA2rDNk

Connect with the hosts

Mark Smith: Blog https://www.nz365guy.com, LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/nz365guy

Meg Smith: Blog https://www.megsmith.nz, LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/megsmithnz

Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/nz365guy)

Subscribe, rate, and share with someone who wants to be future ready. Drop your questions in the comments or the WhatsApp group, and we may feature them in an upcoming episode.

Keywords: critical thinking, bias, confirmation bias, selective attention, frequency illusion, baader-meinhof, triangulation, truth, amygdala, advertising preferences, perplexity, whatsapp

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