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You're So Predictable. Daniel Kahneman and the Science of Human Fallibility

You're So Predictable. Daniel Kahneman and the Science of Human Fallibility | Science News | Scoop.it

As a researcher and theorist Kahneman has dedicated his life to exposing the illusions that color all human judgment, including his own. In a sense, he and his colleagues have been at war for decades with our tendency to lie to ourselves. And judging from his own clear-eyed account of his work, his “adversarial collaboration” model for bridging fierce disagreements in the sciences, and the profound influence his work has exerted on how psychologists and economists think about decision-making, Kahneman is winning.

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Prejudice Comes From a Basic Human Need and Way of Thinking

People who are prejudiced feel a much stronger need to make quick and firm judgments and decisions in order to reduce ambiguity. “Of course, everyone has to make decisions, but some people really hate uncertainty and therefore quickly rely on the most obvious information, often the first information they come across, to reduce it” Roets says. That’s also why they favor authorities and social norms which make it easier to make decisions. Then, once they’ve made up their mind, they stick to it. “If you provide information that contradicts their decision, they just ignore it.”

Lim Jun Heng's curator insight, June 29, 2013 10:15 AM

I can see from this article that there is no way to change the fundamental way of the human mind. I think that humans should try their best to not categories others into groups , even if they do they should not be so quick to judge , as the saying goes “do not judge a book by its cover” and instead inquire and observe more before making negative justification towards that group . This is most likely the cause of racism, where because of one person; the whole race is despised and thought ill off, when the rest are fine and easy to get along with. I wonder when will humans ever bond as one and no longer be biased towards anything. 

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Seeing really is believing

(Medical Xpress) -- Want to know why sports fans get so worked up when they think the referee has wrongly called their team's pass forward, their player offside, or their serve as a fault?
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Eating something gross makes you more judgmental

Eating something gross makes you more judgmental | Science News | Scoop.it
Having a bad taste in your mouth from food or drink can lead you to making stronger and harsher judgments of other people and their behaviors, suggests new research.
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