Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedDaniel Kahneman: belief
19 Dec 2018 Conversations with Tyler Daniel Kahneman on Cutting Through the Noise
“I don’t have an answer. But I think the kind of thinking that is going on, where you’re trying to look at practical manipulations — the word manipulation is a bad word, but I intend it as a good thing — when you look at the practical moves that can make a difference in the way that people think, that way of thinking should be effective in improving the quality of life and improving the quality .”
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- 19 Dec 2018
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…Related question from the iPad: how can we use behavioral economics to reduce political polarization? It’s not that I have an answer and I’m suppressing it. Here is a topic where I am optimistic, but I have no idea. I don’t have an answer. But I think the kind of thinking that is going on, where you’re trying to look at practical manipulations — the word manipulation is a bad word, but I intend it as a good thing — when you look at the practical moves that can make a difference in the way that people think, that way of thinking should be effective in improving the quality of life and improving the quality . . . How polarization can be reduced is too big a problem for me and, I think, currently for behavioral economics. Next question.…
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