#548 - Tim Harford - Why Is Thinking Clearly So Difficult?

<p>Tim Harford is an economist, associate member of Nuffield College, Oxford and an honorary fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, a journalist and an author.</p> <p>Humans need to be able to accurately judge the world around them. With more information than ever, this should be getting easier by the year and yet clear thinking seems to be ever more elusive. Why are we so prone to biases and what are some of the biggest rationality blunders from history?</p> <p>Expect to learn why Sir Arthur Conan Doyle got obsessed with photos of fairies, what everyone misunderstands about inflation, the danger indiscriminate doubt and reflexive cynicism, the similarities between magic and misinformation, why smart people get hijacked by ideology and much more...</p> <p><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Sponsors:</strong></p> <p class="p1">Get a free bag of Colima Sea Salt at <a href= "http://modernwisdomsalt.com/"><span class= "s1">http://modernwisdomsalt.com/</span></a> (discount automatically applied)</p> <p class="p1">Get 83% discount & 3 months free from Surfshark VPN at <a href= "https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM"><span class= "s1">https://surfshark.deals/MODERNWISDOM</span></a> (use code MODERNWISDOM)</p> <p class="p1">Get 5 Free Travel Packs, Free Liquid Vitamin D and Free Shipping from Athletic Greens at <a href= "https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom"><span class= "s1">https://athleticgreens.com/modernwisdom</span></a> (discount automatically applied)</p> <p class="p1"><strong style= "font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Open Sans', 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;"> Extra Stuff:</strong></p> <p>Check out Tim's website - <a href= "https://timharford.com/">https://timharford.com/</a> </p> <p>Buy Tim's book - <a href= "https://amzn.to/3DNELvw">https://amzn.to/3DNELvw</a> </p> <p><a href="https://chriswillx.com/books/" target="_blank" rel=