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171: The easiest person to fool is yourself (with Daniel Simons and Christopher Chabris)

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The Binomial Probability of Something Happening Once

CNN's Jim Boulden and John Sutter have been working on a book about academic dodgy stories. In it, they look at the case of Geodrick Starpel who detected Bernie Madoff years before he actually got into trouble with the SEC. The pair also discuss their experience in trying to find out if there was any evidence that Markopoulis had done anything wrong during his time as an investment banker.

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