Consistency Bias
Our need to be consistent can be used against us.
5 Jul 201910min
Beneffectance
Our brains treat memory like totalitarian regimes treat history, with a LOT of fabrication.
29 Jun 201913min
Artificial Unintelligence, with Meredith Broussard
For the fourth season premiere we have very special guest Meredith Broussard talking about her book, "Artificial Unintelligence", and the biases that infect the technologies we use.
22 Jun 201947min
Counterfactual Thinking, with Dr. Nina Hattiangadi Thomas Ph.D.
My wife is the smartest person I know, so it's about time we had her on the show. In the season three finale, she walks us through why bronze medalists feel better than silver medalists and why it fee...
31 Mar 201929min
Ultimate Attribution Error
Way number 1,049 we think our group is better than everyone else's.
25 Mar 20196min
Trait Ascription
I'm complicated. You're basic.
15 Mar 20198min
System Justification Theory
The system draws power from the very people it hurts believing in it.
22 Feb 201926min
Implicit Association Test
In which I take the Implicit Association Test and find out just how biased I really am.
17 Feb 201917min
