Igor Grossmann, PhD

On Wisdom Podcast: The Wisdom Turing Test (Episode 66) Thank you for participating in the Wisdom Turing Test. Please answer the two questions below. To listen again to the responses, you can review the episode here: https://onwisdompodcast.fireside.fm/6...

Next, guess the AI guest and who is wiser here. We will discuss it the next episode: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The Wisdom Turing Test - Part One What happens when we ask our own fantastic listeners — and AI — what it means to live wisely? In this episode, Igor and Charles hand the mic to members of the On Wisdom audience to hear their answers ...

Ever heard of the #Wisdom #TuringTest? I thought of creating one for the new #OnWisdom #postcast episode. This is a special episode & I want your help. Tune in: onwisdompodcast.fireside.fm/66

"Deconstructing wisdom: Why we keep getting it wrong" by Dr. Igor Grossmann zoom lecture

Curious for more? Attend my free public (online) talk on wisdom at the University of Chicago tomorrow: wisdomcenter.uchicago.edu/news/wisdom-...

or an empirical piece on #network models and cross-temporal analyses, in JEP: General: psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

Wisdom in time: Advancing dynamic models of wisdom, intellectual humility, open-mindedness, and perspective-taking Dynamic theories of wisdom emphasise that metacognitive attributes—intellectual humility, open-mindedness, and perspective-taking—evolve through life’s challenges and are crucial for individual and...

To learn more about latest work on the #science of #wisdom, check out the new European Review of Social Psychology - incl. tutorial for advancing theory building via #formal modelling. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Research can feel like shouting into the void. I’m deeply grateful that Emma Buchtel, Xu Jingya, & Betul Turel built on our “wise reasoning” work to tackle cultural diversity. They presented a large-scale study proposal at the 2025
@psychscience.bsky.social Global Summit. #culturaldiversity

Excited to visit colleagues Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen - first time in Copenhagen! - to talk about (mis)#measurement, and (mis)#construal of #wisdom, incl. #intellectual #humility, #empathy/#perspective-taking, and #openmindedness to diverse viewpoints.

Most people 'go it alone' to make tough decisions - Archynetys Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license.…

When faced with tough decisions, people across the globe prefer making their own decisions rather than accepting advice or information from elsewhere, according to a study from TWCF #ListeningAndLearningInAPolarizedWorld grantee @igi.bsky.social at @uwaterloo.ca

🔗 Read more: bit.ly/49aB0Ad/

i would have loved to stop by- Coimbra is one of my favourite places! Alas, I have to leave on Sunday. But I am happy to engage virtually!

If you are @ #SESP2025 in Lisbon and have bold, controversial ideas about psychology/social sciences OR if you want to know more about the process in #Psychological #Inquiry - one of our premier theory journals, please don't be shy - I am around & would love to meet you.

If your at SESP, check out our symposium on intellectual humility on Saturday!

And a meta-question: now that SESP crosses the Atlantic — will it sound a bit less U.S.-centric? Or will it all just become "AIcology?"
#IntellectualHumility #SocialPsychology #Metascience

Featuring work by Larissa Knöchelmann, Lucas Köhler, Nadine Knab, David Schieferdecker, Jule Specht, Maksim Rudnev, Ana Lucia Rodriguez de la Rosa, Nicholas Christakis, Cory Clark, & Philip Tetlock.

This year’s SESP is broader: culture, morality, resource scarcity, and intellectual humility, not just US-centric narratives. Our symposium builds directly on this:
#Political #polarization → #IH in rural #Honduras → #forecasting tournaments testing whether openness improves predictive accuracy.

2 years ago I was critical of our field’s “big intervention mindset:" pre-post studies, no prediction, no generalizability, zero modeling of temporal change. Since then: work on When Expert Predictions Fail , ecological fallacies in claims about “change,” and formal modeling tutorials.

Back in Portugal 🇵🇹 for #SESP2025 — and for the first time, #SESP itself is happening in Europe (Lisbon).

This Saturday, 3:45–4:45 PM → Room Milão

Chairing a symposium on #intellectual #humility in the #wild: #polarization, rural disputes, and #forecasting #societal #progress.

When science gets misrepresented, trust in science goes down. Good for @jespinosa.bsky.social to call out #misinformation, esp. given how contentious this topic is!

Influence of early life adversity and breed on aggression and fear in dogs - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Influence of early life adversity and breed on aggression and fear in dogs

📣 New publication alert! In a large, diverse sample, #CompanionDogs with a history of trauma before 6 months were seen as more fearful and/or aggressive than trauma-free dogs or those with trauma later on in life
🧪 #CanineScience #DogBehaviour #EarlyLifeAdversity doi.org/10.1038/s415...

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Science of #wisdom made it to the @hiddenbrain.bsky.social ! humbled to share some insights w @shankarvedantam.bsky.social and his team - www.patreon.com/HiddenBrain. Wisdom does not have a simple story and isn't a story of a single person. I hope you like it.

thank you!🤓

The Reasonable, the Rational, and the Good: On Folk Theories of Deliberative Judgment Abstract. Judgment is often described in terms of an intuitive (System 1) versus deliberative (System 2) dichotomy, yet sound deliberation itself can take more than one form. Building on philosophical...

Our paper “The Reasonable, the Rational, and the Good” is finally out in Open Mind 🎉It spent over a year under review at another place—positive reviews + R&R—before getting rejected. Publishing is slow & messy. If you’re going through it, you’re not alone. direct.mit.edu/opmi/article...

Can I Give You Some Advice? Can I Give You Some Advice? I’d tell you not to read this article, but you’d probably ignore me and simply decide for yourself.

Our recent work (which came out in Proceedings B doi.org/10.1098/rspb...) featured in @nautil.us. Can I Give You Some Advice? nautil.us/can-i-give-y...

People Use Intuition To Make Important Decisions Rather Than Advice: Study People from diverse cultures and regions often make difficult decisions by relying on their intuition.

Our recent work featured in @Forbes ! www.forbes.com/sites/anurad...

6/ Takeaway:
Adversity ≠ guaranteed growth.
But distancing in tough times can help.
And complex thought is not merely a dispositional trait you have: it’s a process you do.

📄 JEP:G: doi.org/10.1037/xge0...

📄 ERSP: doi.org/10.1080/1046...

5/ Our companion ERSP review shows why the field got stuck: Too many studies confuse between-person differences (“wise vs. less wise”) with within-person change (“how to become wiser”). www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Classic ecological fallacy.

4/ Instead: Wisdom = a dynamic network of #intellectualhumility, #perspective-taking, #compromise, & recognition of #change.
It ebbs and flows with context.
#NetworkScience

3/ Why does this matter for psychology?
Because we also tested 3 core assumptions about development of complex thought:
❌ Not a single trait
❌ Not cross-situationally stable
❌ Not the same between vs. within people
#PsychScience

2/ We now decided to use more mature dynamic modelling systems to look at factors that may promote #within-person #growth What did predict wiser reasoning months later?
👉 Self-distancing: stepping back, taking an outsider’s view.
Not social support. Not “finding meaning.”
#SelfDistancing

1/ Many theories promise “post-traumatic growth.”
But in a year-long study our group did, adversity alone did not boost wisdom; there were no automatic gains. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
#ResilienceScience

🚨 New paper out in JEP: General! psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...
Does adversity make us wiser?
Spoiler: Not by default.