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My guest today is Christopher Chabris, a cognitive psychologist and a well-known researcher in the fields of psychology and human cognition. He is most famous for his work on the “invisible gorilla” experiment, which he conducted during his graduate studies at Harvard University along with Daniel Simons. This experiment demonstrated the phenomenon of “inattentional blindness,” where people fail to notice unexpected objects or events if their attention is focused on a different task.
The topic is his co-authored book Nobody’s Fool: Why We Get Taken In and What We Can Do about It.
In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:
- Cognitive biases and their impact on perception and deception
- Stepping back from heated debates
- Scams, frauds, and deceptions
- Selective data analysis and confirmation bias
- Vaccines and politics
- Thinking critically and seeking truth in divisive topics
- Examining COVID, gender, and Trump through a framework
- Information curation
Mentions & Resources:
- Christopher Chabris
- Nobody’s Fool: Why We Get Taken In and What We Can Do about It
- Elizabeth Holmes
- Bernie Madoff
- Tom Brady
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