Why do we believe things that aren't true? | Philip Fernbach | TEDxMileHigh

[turvivajpayee]

'When contagious understanding is paired with individual ignorance '...
Just too good

[JamesCappleman]

For the past several years, I've been puzzled about the rise in fake news and how easily people believe things that aren't true. I've read all types of articles and books about it, and this is the first piece of information that makes sense. This talk helps me to be more patient with those who both spread and so easily believe fake news, and it also challenges my own assumptions about what I know must be true.

[caldoyle]

"You will never learn anything if everyone you talk to agrees with you." An opposing valid viewpoint can open our mind and give us opportunities to evaluate our own, if we are willing, to let them. Arrogance often prevents that from happening.

[reidmock]

"It feels like we're in the midst of an epidemic." This line really hits differently in 2021

[russellkeating]

Two things he mentioned that we need desperately
“A culture that values truth”
“ intellectual humility “

[slavetruthfreedom]

Every moment of this video is as good as the last. I loved the moment when he said, "We can build Cathedrals, but we can also build Houses of Cards.", then the silence and the camera panning the audience. Powerful. Given that without the proper context such a statement or shot of a silent pensive audience would be unremarkable. Damn I'm hyped, what an extraordinary talk! So glad I stumbled across this precious gem of a video. Definitely worth sharing and bookmarking to rewatch.

[te]

This is why the phrase "I don't know" is so powerful.

[VultureClone]

"We don't do enough to verify it." He summed it up in one sentence there.

[krelllab]

As someone who was involved with Project Apollo and putting a man on the moon, I can assure you there was no one man that understood more than 0.01% of the system. Apollo is arguably the greatest collaborative effort ever done by mankind. It took 410, 000 people. To this day, project Apollo is studied from a management standpoint not just space exploration. A Saturn V moon rocket had approximately 4, 000, 000 parts. Compare that to a modern automobile which contains about 30, 000 parts.

[sanchezhandymen]

This is a great reminder that we all believe what we believe and we all think we are right!

[benevolent]

I love this quotation: "Ignorance is a feature of the human mind."

[saintcyberchaos]

I totally get what he means
I am now also an expert on this topic

[kermit]

"I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing." - Socrates

[dawnemile]

That's why democracy is just a popularity contest not the reasoned voting of informed people.

[Michael-ihit]

I am so amazed about how he literally stayed and stood still on one spot from start to finish. 🤓

[JimCampbell]

14:18 - "If we have a culture that values truth, we'll get things right more often than not." Now you know why America gets it wrong so many times.

[markleyg]

I always get my science from Rappers. For music, I go elsewhere.

[richardfoleyrfi]

Awesome. Very good talk, examining a non-confrontational approach to dealing with public delusions. We need to *check* and verify our positions not simply bolster our opinions.

[SSJfraz]

This really hits home for me. It's a problem that is forever growing. Get in an argument with anyone over just about anything and ask them to explain their own rational for arriving to the conclusion that they do and they won't be able to provide one.

[ztodd]

It is now December 2021. So much of this talk has become ever so much more relevant.

Youtube has a Transcript feature. Find it, read through this talk again, analyze it, and use it. Apply it to yourself. Don't worry about anyone else. Always start with the man in the mirror.

Then let people know how you have evolved in ways that you think and feel about things.

You'll be surprised how much people respect you when you let them know you realize you don't know everything, but you're working hard to keep learning.