Published Mar 5, 2018

Why The Human Brain Loves To Be Lied To

Jay Van Bavel delves into why the human brain is drawn to deception, examining how data availability, identity politics, and cognitive biases skew perception and decision-making across political and market landscapes, emphasizing the need for critical thinking to combat these distortions.

Episode Highlights

Topics covered

Episode Highlights

Related Episodes

37: Why We Are Increasingly Divided Into Ideological Bubbles
Answers 383 questions
53: Why We Stopped Trusting Experts
Answers 383 questions
How to Listen to What the Market Is Trying to Tell You
Answers 383 questions
An Ex-CIA Officer Explains How to Spot a Lie in Business
Answers 383 questions
This Explains Why Modern Markets Developed Where They Did
Answers 383 questions
Dan Ariely on How To Win Big by Betting on Human Capital
Answers 383 questions
Why Understanding Financial Fraud Is The Secret To Understanding Business
Answers 383 questions
An MIT Professor Explains His Original Theory For How Markets Really Work
Answers 383 questions
Why So Many People Got This Year's Economy Wrong
Answers 383 questions
Why Value Investing Has Been Doing Terribly
Answers 383 questions
Michael Lewis on Why the World Is Still Reading “Liar’s Poker”
Answers 383 questions
Why The Entire Way We Talk About Millennials Is Wrong
Answers 383 questions
Why It's A Big Problem That Economists Still Don't Understand Money
Answers 383 questions
A Forensic Accounting Expert Explains How Companies Trick Investors
Answers 383 questions
Lael Brainard on What Still Can Be Done to Lower Prices
Answers 383 questions

Dexa/Odd Lots

Why The Human Brain Loves To Be Lied To

Topics covered

Popular Clips

Instinct vs. Intuition

Market Psychology Insights

Groupthink and Identity

In-Person Reunion

Data and Beliefs

Cognitive Quirks Explained

Twitter Connections

Truth and Belief

Meta Rationality

Truth and Bias

Identity and Democracy

Trading and Ideology

Episode Highlights

Information and Perception

Identity and Groupthink

Rationality and Bias

Related Episodes

37: Why We Are Increasingly Divided Into Ideological Bubbles

53: Why We Stopped Trusting Experts

How to Listen to What the Market Is Trying to Tell You

An Ex-CIA Officer Explains How to Spot a Lie in Business

This Explains Why Modern Markets Developed Where They Did

Dan Ariely on How To Win Big by Betting on Human Capital

Why Understanding Financial Fraud Is The Secret To Understanding Business

An MIT Professor Explains His Original Theory For How Markets Really Work

Why So Many People Got This Year's Economy Wrong

Why Value Investing Has Been Doing Terribly

Michael Lewis on Why the World Is Still Reading “Liar’s Poker”

Why The Entire Way We Talk About Millennials Is Wrong

Why It's A Big Problem That Economists Still Don't Understand Money

A Forensic Accounting Expert Explains How Companies Trick Investors

Lael Brainard on What Still Can Be Done to Lower Prices

Why The Human Brain Loves To Be Lied To

Topics covered

Popular Clips

Episode Highlights

Information and Perception

Identity and GroupthinkJay Van Bavel explores how identity politics and groupthink influence democratic processes and professional judgments. He explains how our evolved cognitive quirks can lead to distorted views, impacting both political and market decisions.

Identity and Groupthink

Rationality and BiasJay Van Bavel, an NYU professor, discusses how political ideology distorts our perception of truth and its implications for market behavior. His insights reveal the challenges traders face in overcoming biases to make rational decisions.

Rationality and Bias

Related Episodes