• Question: What are the skills required for your job

    Asked by anon-180938 to Viren on 11 Jun 2018. This question was also asked by anon-180898, anon-180894.
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      Viren Swami answered on 11 Jun 2018:

      I’d say that the main skill you’d need for my job is the ability to think critically. This means being unbiased and open minded (for example, never uncritically accepting your own perspective), being able to think about the quality of evidence, and being analytic (which involve understanding how evidence is collected and evaluated). But it also helps if you’re passionate about understanding why human beings do the things we do and trying to improve people’s lives in all sorts of different ways.

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