TEDxMileHighSalon - Michael Huemer - The Irrationality of Politics
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Michael Huemer focuses on the scope and nature of what we know, morality and truth. He is an expert at structuring logical arguments the premises of which are easy to go along with, which makes it annoying if you don't agree with his conclusions. We'll let you decide. In this TEDxMileHigh Talk, he details the irrationality of politics. In th... Read more
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- -: TEDxMileHighSalon - Michael Huemer - The Irrationality of Politics
February 15, 2012 (about 12 years ago)Michael Huemer focuses on the scope and nature of what we know, morality and truth. He is an expert at structuring logical arguments the premises of which are easy to go along with, which makes it annoying if you don't agree with his conclusions. We'll let you decide. In this TEDxMileHigh Talk...
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- -: Dan Ariely asks, Are we in control of our decisions?
May 19, 2009 (almost 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Behavioral economist Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, uses classic visual illusions and his own counterintuitive (and sometimes shocking) research findings to show how we're not as rational as we think when we make decisions. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast ...
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- -: Laurie Santos: How monkeys mirror human irrationality
July 29, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)http://www.ted.com Why do we make irrational decisions so predictably? Laurie Santos looks for the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primate relatives make decisions. A clever series of experiments in "monkeynomics" shows that some of the silly choices we make, monkeys make too...
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- -: TEDxOxbridge - Nancy Puccinelli - Wear Red to Set the World on Fire
November 3, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Prof. Nancy Puccinelli is an expert on the psychology of difficult times and its impact on consumer behavior. Her research predicts products that will thrive when others fail. She holds a PhD in psychology from Harvard. At Oxford University's Said Business School, she works with the Oxford Inst...
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