The Dharma of Bob 3: Cognitive Biases (Robert Wright & Josh Summers)

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🗓️ 26 January 2021

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Continuing “the Dharma of Bob” ... The evolutionary logic of cognitive biases ... Attribution error, or why your enemies seem so damn evil ... Zero-sum biases in a non-zero-sum world ... Bob fixes social media ... How cognitive biases have shaped perceptions of the Capitol riot ... The psychology of tribalism and the BLM protests ...

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0:00.0	You're listening to a podcast from Meaning of Life TV.
0:08.3	Hi, Josh.
0:10.5	Hey, Bob.
0:11.7	How are you doing?
0:13.8	I'm pretty good.
0:14.7	How are you doing on inauguration Eve?
0:18.3	I'm, you know, guardedly optimistic that the next four years will be better than the last four, guardedly.
0:27.8	How are you doing?
0:28.6	You've heard of something called optimistic bias, right?
0:32.9	I have heard that, yeah, I have heard that, yeah, I have heard that.
0:38.0	I've also heard that pessimists they have shown are actually more accurate in their predictions.
0:42.5	But optimists are happier?
0:44.0	Is that true?
0:45.1	Do you know?
0:46.8	I don't know if they're any happier.
0:48.4	They're just more, be more diluted.
0:50.8	I would be happier if I were an optimist by nature.
0:53.9	I'm not. So are you in Maine now, by the way?
0:59.5	I have relocated successfully, yes. I'm in Maine. Now, isn't that the opposite of what people in your
1:04.1	demographic typically do? It is winter after all. Isn't Maine like a summer place? But you're
1:10.0	there? Are you there for the duration?
1:11.5	You're there for good?
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