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How to Change Your Mind (Ep. 379 Update)
Freakonomics Radio
The Illusion of Explanatory Depth
People don't really like to engage in the kind of mechanistic analysis required for a causal explanation. Unless you are a plumber or you make zippers or ball point pens, you probably can't explain these very well. This gap between what you know and what you think you know is called the illusion of explanatory depth.
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