The Science of Thinking

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How the brain works, how we learn, and why we sometimes make stupid mistakes.
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This video was inspired by the book Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

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Filmed by Raquel Nuno

Music by Kevin MacLeod, http://incompetech.com “Sneaky Adventure” “Harlequin”

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Date: March 2, 2017

31 thoughts on “The Science of Thinking

  1. Either i watch videos where i already know 80-90% of the stuff thats talked about or i watch videos where i have to google what every second sentence even meant. I havent found a whole lot in between and its frustrating.

  2. The Ball and Bat question is a trick question, not something that any person without knowledge of Math Economics would guess no matter the time you give them to think because. the Setting of the question is Logical and the answer is not. Clearly if they use this question it is because it's a trick……i dont like math, but cant remember learning things like that in school, illogical results. It's not because we are lazy, it's a trick question the requires knowledge of the subject

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