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On Wisdom

On Wisdom

Written by: Charles Cassidy and Igor Grossmann
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 On Wisdom features a social and cognitive scientist in Toronto and an educator in London discussing the latest empirical science regarding the nature of wisdom. Igor Grossmann runs the Wisdom & Culture Lab at the University of Waterloo in Canada. Charles Cassidy runs the Evidence-Based Wisdom project in London, UK. The podcast thrives on a diet of freewheeling conversation on wisdom, decision-making, wellbeing, and society and includes regular guests spots with leading behavioral scientists from the field of wisdom research and beyond. Welcome to The On Wisdom Podcast.© 2025 Igor Grossmann & Charles Cassidy Philosophy Science Social Sciences
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  • 32: Shifting Gears: Wisdom in the 'World After Covid'

    32: Shifting Gears: Wisdom in the 'World After Covid'
    Dec 1 2020
    After 2 and a half years of podcasting, 30+ episodes, 50,000+ downloads, and one global pandemic, it's time for an exciting announcement from the On Wisdom team...
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    2 mins
  • 67: The Wisdom Turing Test - Part Two (with Steve Rathje)

    67: The Wisdom Turing Test - Part Two (with Steve Rathje)
    Nov 16 2025
    What can insights from the psychology of technology teach us about wisdom in the age of AI? In this special follow-up episode, Igor and Charles are joined by Steve Rathje to explore how classic ideas like the Turing Test hold up now that AI can talk compellingly about human wisdom. Steve unpacks what today’s generative models are actually capable of, Igor is intrigued by how quickly the line between human and machine reasoning seems to be blurring, and Charles realises that telling human insight from machine insight isn’t nearly as straightforward as he'd hoped. The trio also reveal the results of our listener poll — who sounded the wisest, and was the audience able to spot the AI? Welcome to Episode 67. Special Guest: Steve Rathje.
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    50 mins
  • 66: The Wisdom Turing Test - Part One

    66: The Wisdom Turing Test - Part One
    Oct 26 2025
    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 to the big questions usually reserved for scientists and philosophers. But there’s a twist: one set of responses was provided by AI. We invite you to vote on who gave the wisest answers — and to guess which one wasn’t human. Igor is surprised by just how insightful the answers from the regular folk (compared to experts) turn out to be, while Charles wonders if the wisest one may not be human at all? Can you pass the Wisdom Turing Test? Welcome to Episode 66. Link to Listener Poll here (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSePLVkKDHKButOmx7ApJ2hR0bvwsOFdgpHDI_R6RDBZNovH8Q/viewform?usp=dialog)
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    41 mins
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