Smart People Podcast

Richard Nisbett - Why Your Reasoning Is Flawed and How To Fix It

Nov 22, 2021

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How to Structure a Memoir

01:44

How Do We Reason?

01:58

Do You Know When Everyone Would Think You Should Know?

01:37

Introduction

2min

Thinking, a Memoir

2min

Do You Know When Everyone Would Think You Should Know?

2min

How to Structure a Memoir

2min

The Interview

2min

College Admissions Interviews

2min

How Much of Our Personality Is Shaped by the Environment?

3min

Do You Think It's a Bias?

2min

The Sum of the Whole, Is It Worth That Cost?

2min

10.

You Are a High Self Monitor?

2min

11.

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2min

12.

Self Monitor or Not?

2min

13.

The Advantages of East Asian Thought

6min

14.

The Most Valuable Benefit of Being Able to See the Context

3min

15.

Is It a Cost?

2min

16.

How Do We Reason?

2min

17.

How to Avoid the Sunk Cost Problem

5min

18.

The Law of Large Number, Is More Evidence Better Than Less Evidence?

4min

19.

How to Solve Problems Using Our Conscience and Our Unconscious Mind

5min

20.

What Kinds of Problems Are Better Solved Unconsciously?

4min

21.

What Is Your Biggest Takeaway From Your Career?

3min

22.

Thinking Outside Your Brain

4min

Richard Nisbett is one of the world's most respected psychologists. His work focuses on issues in social psychology and cognitive science. Richard is also the Theodore M. Newcomb Distinguished University Professor of Psychology Emeritus at the University of Michigan.

Richard's most recent book is Thinking: A memoir.

Read more about Richard at his website: richardnisbett.com.

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