We all like to throw around terms that describe human behavior — “bystander apathy” and “steep learning curve” and “hard-wired.” Most of the time, they don’t actually mean what we think they mean. But don’t worry — the experts are getting it wrong, too.

SOURCES:
- Sharon Begley, senior science writer for Stat at The Boston Globe.
- Jerome Kagan, emeritus professor of psychology at Harvard University.
- Bibb Latané, social psychologist and senior fellow at the Center for Human Science.
- Scott Lilienfeld, professor of psychology at Emory University.
- James Solomon, director and producer of The Witness.

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EXTRAS:
- "Academic Fraud," series by Freakonomics Radio (2024).
- “This Idea Must Die,”Freakonomics Radio (2015).

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