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Does anybody really know how a pen works? (with Steve Sloman)
30,000 Leagues
English - February 26, 2020 12:00 - 48 minutes - 38.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsSocial Sciences Science Society & Culture policy government design civic tech thirty thousand leagues 30000 leagues Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Humans have built hugely complex societies and technologies, but most of us don't even know how a pen or a toilet works! How have we achieved so much despite understanding so little? In this episode, David Yokum sits down with Steve Sloman, author of The Knowledge Illusion and Professor of Psychology at Brown University to discuss the extensive research on the cognitive biases that convince us we know more than we do.