Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sometimes the evidence points you in a new direction. Schon/Moment via Getty Images Mark Twain apocryphally said, “I’m in favor of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ‘Research shows that people with higher intellectual humility think more critically, and are less biased and less prone to ...

In July 2022, the GGSC announced the 19 winners of our grants to support the production of innovative nonfiction stories on intellectual humility. In addition to financial support, offered in ...

There are a lot of reasons behind the political polarization of the country and the deterioration of civic discourse. I wonder if a lack of humility is one of them. In his recent book, The Death of ...

Humility was a research topic for sociologist Barret Michalec until he realized how much it was missing from his own life.

Early in Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s science fiction blockbuster “Project Hail Mary,” middle school teacher Ryland ...

In my last post, I discussed the principle of intellectual charity as an essential element of constructive political conversations. As a companion to the principle of charity, we also need to ...

Epictetus teaches that believing you already know everything blocks growth. His quote stresses intellectual humility, staying ...

(THE CONVERSATION) With unlimited information at our fingertips and dozens of platforms on which to share our opinions, it can sometimes feel like we’re supposed to be experts in everything. It can be ...

The greatest challenge to fruitful dialogue, debate, and activism at Boston College is not a lack of intelligence or ignorance among students, but rather what I have diagnosed as an attitude of ...

What does it mean to be a good thinker? Recent research suggests that acknowledging you can be wrong plays a vital role. I had these studies in mind a few months ago when I was chatting with a history ...

Violent attacks on political opponents. Fear of giving an inch to a contrasting point of view. The rise of macho masculinity. These are among the manifestations of a hardening of our political and ...