Five Steps to Opening Minds

Admitting mistakes can be difficult — especially in a polarized society where certainty is prized — but learning to be intellectually humble may be key to fostering productive dialogue across the differences that divide us. Inspired by the need for such virtues, a team of researchers is now working to help communities learn to appreciate curiosity, open-mindedness, and constructive dialogue in a new, three-year, $3.8 million project led by Jonathan Haidt and Caroline Mehl.

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The grant will focus on expanding the OpenMind Platform from its current prototype, which began as a project within the New York University Stern School of Business to improve intellectual humility through psychologically based interventions. The current iteration features five, 15-20 minute interactive scenarios that develop reasoned, constructive, and nuanced dialogue with those of different backgrounds and worldviews.

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