Tag: Dan Ariely
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Israeli-American behavioural economist (born 1967) who popularised the study of how predictably irrational humans really are. His bestseller Predictably Irrational, along with The Upside of Irrationality and The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty, use playful experiments to show how anchoring, relativity, the pull of "free," and social norms steer our choices. He is a central populariser of behavioral economics and a useful companion to Daniel Kahneman for understanding the systematic errors that shape decision-making and consumerism. On this blog his work supports the broader case that self-knowledge of our biases is a precondition for genuine rationality. Some of his headline findings have been caught up in the field's replication crisis.
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The ‘Bias’ Bias: No, Your Brain is Not Made of Swiss Cheese
Most apparent biases are, in fact, perfectly good heuristics, and people are far more rational than we have been led to believe.
