Why We Misunderstand Each Other

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🗓️ 10 May 2017

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Nick Epley is a social psychologist and the author of "Mindwise: Why We Misunderstand What Others Think, Believe, Feel, and Want." Today David speaks with Nick about the errors we make when we try to understand each other, why we fail at The Newlywed Game, and the dangers of anthropomorphizing stocks.

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0:29.2	It's the Rule Breaker Investing Podcast with Motley Full Co-founder David Gardner.
0:37.0	Welcome back to Rule Breaker Investing, I'm David Gardner, and this week I'm joined by a guest and a friend
0:44.8	Nick Eppley.
0:46.1	He's a social psychologist.
0:47.4	I'm looking forward to sharing Nick and his insights with you over the next half hour or so.
0:52.2	Without further ado, let's get started.
0:54.8	Welcome to Rule Breaker's Investing. I'm joined by an author, a social psychologist,
1:01.2	and recently a friend of mine, Nick Eppley.
1:05.0	Nick is the John T. Keller Professor of Behavioral Science at the University of Chicago's
1:10.1	Business School, which is the Booth School of Business.
1:12.6	He's written for the New York Times, published over 50 articles,
1:15.1	two dozen journals in his field.
1:16.5	He was named a professor to watch by the Financial Times,
1:19.5	and the list goes on of his acclaim.
1:21.8	I would have loved to have had Nick as a professor, but I did have a
1:24.6	good opportunity to spend some time learning from him last year on my JCOC trip
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