Think With Pinker

Episode
Ep2 - Methinks it is a weasel
Broadcast Info
2021 (28 mins)
Description
It’s tempting to see patterns in the random kaleidoscope of everyday experiences, but it’s also dangerous. Along with his business partner Warren Buffet, vice-chair of Berkshire Hathaway Charlie Munger has made billions of dollars but, by his own admission, he would have made billions more if only he’d made better decisions. He joins Professor Steven Pinker to discuss defying the odds and the dangers of over-interpreting coincidences. They hear why Tim Harford, economist, presenter of ‘More or Less’ and author of ‘How to Make the World Add Up: 10 Rules for Thinking Differently About Numbers’ thinks a stock picking cow can help us make sense of a complicated world.
Genre
Psychology; Philosophy

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The Open University, "Think With Pinker". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/240653 (Accessed 09 Jan 2025)