Friday, February 06, 2009

How We Decide

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Stephen Colbert talks with Jonah Lehrer, the author of the book "How We Decide". The talk focuses on the issues of rational and emotional decision making. Especially how the two mode of thinking support each other. It is another way of saying that humans are not rational creatures but are rationalizing creatures who use rational decision making as a tool.
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Jonah Lehrer
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1 comments:

infi said...

Despite Stephen Colbert playing his character of a jackass for most of the segment, the part where they address the utility of emotions even in a mostly rational decision-making process is really interesting food for thought. Thanks for sharing.

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