In the conventional telling, some one raises an alarm and everyone jumps up and does something about it. In reality warnings are likely to be heard when they are made by someone who's part of our inn group. Phil tatlock is a psychologist at the university of pennsylvania. He explores how we can learn from these people to become better forecasters. After the break, why you don't need cassandra like vision to predict what's to come. You're listening to hidden brain. I'm shanker ve danten. And millions of people feel like throwing things at the television set each evening as they listen to pundits explain the day's news.
When disaster strikes — from the explosion of a space shuttle to the spread of a deadly virus — we want to know whether we could have avoided catastrophe. Did anyone speak up with concerns about the situation? And if so, why didn’t someone listen? This week, we revisit a favorite episode about the psychology of warnings, and how we can all become better at predicting the future.
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