While Problems on Decision Making

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Markham is respectful of Freud's impact, but also critical of it.
Markham believes that Freud's work helped us see things we did not realize, and that his work has had a lasting impact.
Markham does not believe that most people make decisions without any autonomy, but instead believes that they are influenced by factors beyond their control.

Do psychologists know anything? Psychologist Paul Bloom says yes--but not the things that you might think. Bloom discusses his book Psych with EconTalk's Russ Roberts and what the field of psychology can teach us about human intelligence, consciousness, and unhelpful instincts. They also discuss just how far psychology is from a true understanding of the human mind, and why, according to Bloom, that might not be such a bad thing.