Wednesday 27 July 2022

Why do we believe things that aren't true? | Philip Fernbach

It seems like we're living in an epidemic of false belief. Clearly the other side just doesn’t have all the facts, right? Or are they really that stupid? In this fascinating and hilarious talk, cognitive scientist Philip Fernbach peels back the layers of what we really know and reveals some surprising truths about the human mind.

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6 comments:

  1. -FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew31 July 2022 at 06:58

    Popper or Kuhn? What's your paradigm?

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  2. -FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew31 July 2022 at 07:01

    Is there a difference between how science "ought" to be be practiced vs how it it is, practically?

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  3. -FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew31 July 2022 at 07:02

    Laugh at the flat-earthers if you like, it was once a part of the prevailing Kuhnian scientific paradigm.

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  4. Gert1 August 2022 at 09:24

    Kuhnian or not, I hope you're not going over to the FES side! ;-)

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    1. -FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew2 August 2022 at 12:26

      It would get pretty hard on the satellite business if I did. ;)

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  5. Thersites5 August 2022 at 12:18

    I'm planning a trip to Proxima Chorizo. Care to join me?

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