The Greater Good Science Center’s three-year Intellectual Humility Project aimed to raise awareness of research on intellectual humility and its implications. As part of that, we supported 19 ...

According to Fedrick, “Intellectual humility is the understanding and acceptance that not everything you believe to be true is an absolute truth. It is the ability and willingness to allow your ...

The virtue of intellectual humility is getting a lot of attention. It’s heralded as a part of wisdom, an aid to self-improvement and a catalyst for more productive political dialogue. While ...

Mark Twain apocryphally said, “I’m in favor of progress; it’s change I don’t like.” This quote pithily underscores the human tendency to desire growth while also harboring strong resistance to the ...

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 ...

I enjoy talking to strangers when I’m travelling. This might be because I’m a psychologist, or because I always try to look for the best in people, or perhaps it’s a reflection of the fact that a dear ...

Contributing columnist William McKenzie writes about a new study that shows intellectual humility not only helps us connect with one another, but makes us more persuasive. RYGERSZEM / Getty ...

A new study published in The Journal of Positive Psychology indicates that people who score higher in intellectual humility tend to show less political and religious polarization — regardless of ...

False or misleading information about COVID-19 spread seemingly as fast as the disease itself. How bad is the problem? A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that nearly a third of adult ...

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