Smart Thinking w/Dr. Richard Nisbett

Rundown2:55 How Humans Are Profligate Causal Theorists4:44 Unconscious Influences9:28 Reasoning By Schemas11:20 Can Schemas Be Helpful & Unhelpful?14:10 The Thinkability Heuristic16:51 When Is Cost-Benefit Analysis Appropriate?19:53 When Cost-Benefit Analysis Runs Into Moral ConsiderationsFollow Keith on Twitter: @keithlawGet 40% off of a subscription to The Athletic at theathletic.com/klawInterested in Dr. Nisbett's book? Purchase 'Mindware: Tools for Smart Thinking' at bookshop.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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