Why So Irrational?

Why are we so prone to bad logic? We’re going to hear two everyday fugues in this episode: the search for a lost spatula and a spilled beer. The real story here is how easy it is to be irrational. Who is “we” in this episode? It’s me and my inner voice obviously. Inner Voice and I will do some post-fugue analysis to find out what mental phenomena are at play while I make really bad assumptions about events in my surroundings. 

By the end of the episode maybe you’ll appreciate why we’re actually doing a lot better than we think we are as a society given how mistake-prone our brains are.

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Credits: 

Written and produced by Gabriel Berezin
Original music and sound design - Grant Zubritsky
Opening and closing music: Monuments (featuring Grant Zubritsky (bass), Robby Sinclair (drums) and Bryan Murray (saxophone), Gabriel Berezin (guitar)) 
Editorial insight - Melissa "Monty" Montan 
Logo design - Justin Montan

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References:

Apophenia in the Queen’s GambitApophenia in Stranger ThingsWacky Conspiracy Theory showing Back to the Future predicted 9/11 How Netflix uses big data to inform its contentThe Brain’s Autopilot (Scientific American)Daniel Kahneman’s System 1 vs 2 Thinking (article)Thinking Fast and Slow (book)Anil Seth’s TED talkHow Much of What You See is Hallucination (TED Ex)Abracadabra! A Classic Magic Trick Fools Expectations, Not EyesMy Special Egg Spatula

Episode Song Playlist:

Delirious - PrinceMemories Can’t Wait - Talking HeadsNot My Own - MonumentsWhere is My Mind  - The PixiesCrazy - Gnarls BarkleyThere There - Radiohead