Putting Our Assumptions to the Test
Episode 52 min 14s

Putting Our Assumptions to the Test

From Hidden Brain Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
Do you ever stop to wonder if the way you see the world is how the world really is? Economist Abhijit Banerjee has spent a lifetime asking himself this question. His answer: Our world views often don't reflect reality. The only way to get more accurate is to think like a scientist — even when you're not looking through a microscope.

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