Hugo Mercier
Cognitive scientist
Hugo Mercier is a cognitive scientist based at the Jean Nicod Institute in Paris. He studies how people reason, communicate and decide whom to trust.
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About Hugo Mercier
Hugo Mercier works at the Jean Nicod Institute in Paris, where he studies human reasoning, communication and cultural evolution. His research also covers epistemic vigilance, which he calls open vigilance: the way people stay receptive to new ideas while guarding against misinformation. He cowrote The Enigma of Reason, a book about why reasoning evolved in humans. His book Not Born Yesterday is in the BookBits catalog.