More or Less: Behind the Stats Economics of Overbooking
Apr 14, 2017
Explore the rationale behind airlines overbooking flights, rising tooth extractions in England, motivated reasoning and the backfire effect, myth-busting impact on vaccine hesitancy, and the debunked belief of goldfish having longer attention spans than humans.
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Introduction
00:00 • 5min
Exploring Rising Tooth Extractions and Challenges of Fact-Checking
04:55 • 5min
Understanding Motivated Reasoning and the Backfire Effect
09:57 • 2min
Backfire Effect of Myth-Busting and House Prices Proximity to Good Schools
11:30 • 6min
Redefining Attention Spans: Humans vs. Goldfish
17:02 • 7min