Wisdom and Culture Lab at University of Waterloo

10/21/2024

Charles & I have a new OnWisdom episode, & I am starstruck - one of my intellectual heroes Alan Fiske joined us to talk about K**a Muta, measurement of affective processes and emotion labels across cultures, and the value of descriptive work

Why do we have such a hard time figuring out what we’re feeling? Alan Fiske joins Igor and Charles to unravel the mystery of emotions, revealing why your gut feeling might not be as clear-cut as you think. Drawing from his research into K**a Muta—a heartwarming rush of connection—and his criti...

09/06/2024

🎯 Job Alert! The Wise Judgment Consortium (https://wiseminds.uwaterloo.ca) is hiring a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Waterloo to dive into the fascinating world of wisdom and judgment across cultures using cutting-edge NLP techniques! 🌐🧠

📍 Location: Waterloo, Ontario (Hybrid)
🕒 Start Date: Winter '25

Join a global team of experts like Maxim Rudne, Melody Chao, Cendri Hutcherson, Falk Lieder, Sam Johnson, Tomas Hills, and many others as we explore how diverse cultures approach decision-making, moving beyond traditional Western models. This is your chance to make a real impact on how we understand wisdom in a global context!

Interested? Apply now and become part of something groundbreaking! 🚀

🔍 More details and how to apply!
📧 Applications to: [email protected]



Wise Judgment Consortium seeks to understand the role of for and , aiming to redefine beyond Western-centric models More here:
https://bit.ly/WiseJudgment

08/14/2024

New paper alert! 🚨📜 Our international Geography of Philosophy Project team just published groundbreaking research on how wisdom is perceived across cultures.

🌏 We found two universal dimensions of wisdom:
1️⃣ Reflective Orientation: focused thinking, logic, emotional control
2️⃣ Socio-Emotional Awareness: understanding people and social context

The wisest individuals score high on both! 🧠❤️ Surprisingly, at lower levels of reflection, being *less* socio-emotionally aware was seen as wiser. 🤔

Quite proud of cutting-edge statistical methods Maxim Rudne - the lead author - developed to enable rigorous comparisons across 13 languages and 8 cultural regions. 📊🗺️

This collaborative effort is a product of many brilliant researchers worldwide incl. Clark Barrett Edouard Machery Stephen Stich Wesley Buckwalter (who pitched the initial idea to me) and many many others. It is a major step towards understanding wisdom on a global scale! 🌍🤝

Check out the full paper in Nature Communications! 📄🔍 https://rdcu.be/dQT98

06/17/2018

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06/16/2018

Help us collect information on how people work through life challenges to advance the science of wisdom!

06/05/2018

We are looking for participants for our new study.