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Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Our Misconceptions About The World

Most of us have misconceptions about the world. We base much of what we intuitively believe on either outdated information or mistaken notions handed down to us. Indeed, when a multiple choice test about the world was given to various groups of people and to a group of chimpanzees, the chimps scored higher than the humans. Why? Because the random selection of answers beats personal bias.

YouTube 19 minute video:
"How not to be ignorant about the world"
https://youtu.be/Sm5xF-UYgdg
Script:
https://www.ted.com/talks/hans_and_ola_rosling_how_not_to_be_ignorant_about_the_world/transcript?language=en