How Sane People Turn Into Insufferable Conspiracy Nuts | Dan Ariely

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Chapters & Sections (66)

0:00 Rise of Extreme Social Media Polarization chapter 2
0:00 Social Media Polarization and Conspiracy Theories
2:38 Convincing People of a False Narrative
5:43 Understanding the Machinery of Misinformation chapter 4
5:43 Understanding the Machinery of Misbelief
7:18 Government Conspiracy Theories and Personal Beliefs
9:07 Changing Relationship with Physical Injuries
11:24 Social Scientist Discusses Half Beard Experience
13:18 Overcoming Death Threats and Scarcity Mindset chapter 3
13:18 Overcoming Death Threats and Scarcity Mindset
15:31 Dealing with Online Harassment and Anxiety
17:15 Dealing with Negative Online Opinions and Polarization
18:42 Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation Spread chapter 3
18:42 Conspiracy Theories and Misinformation Spread
20:26 Conspiracy Believers and Critical Thinking
21:44 Understanding Misbelief and Its Psychological Function
23:26 Stress and Its Impact on Human Behavior chapter 2
23:26 Stress and Its Impact on Decision Making
25:09 Human Need for Complex Villain Storytelling
27:45 The Dangers of Villain-Centric Thinking chapter 2
27:45 The Dangers of Villain-Centric Thinking
30:13 Government Response to COVID-19 Criticized
32:01 Proportionality Bias in Event Perception chapter 2
32:01 Proportionality Bias and Loss Aversion
33:41 Human Error vs. Complex Causes Explained
36:08 Skepticism and the Accumulation of Misinformation chapter 3
36:08 Skepticism Leading to Unfounded Beliefs
37:27 Understanding Pain Beyond Physical Factors
38:45 Building Resilience and Secure Attachment
40:20 Building Resilience in a Stressful Society chapter 3
40:20 Building Resilience in Life and Society
42:07 Conspiracy Theories and the Funnel of Misbelief
43:37 Social Ostracism and Ticism Explained
45:10 Effects of Rejection and Social Isolation chapter 4
45:10 Social Rejection and Alternative Ideas
46:53 Group Identity and Extreme Opinions
48:26 Virtue Signaling and Extreme Opinions
51:03 Magnetic Vaccine Claims and Mass Hysteria
52:32 The Dangers of Misbelief and Cognitive Dissonance chapter 4
52:32 Cognitive Dissonance and Misbelief in Society
54:06 Cognitive Dissonance Experiment with Cult Followers
55:25 Cognitive Dissonance and Social Influence
57:11 Dealing with Cognitive Dissonance and Reality
59:33 Cognitive Biases and Motivated Reasoning chapter 3
59:33 Cognitive Component of Confirmation Bias
1:00:57 Illusion of Explanatory Depth in Understanding
1:02:26 The Illusion of Explanatory Depth
1:04:26 Reducing Confidence with Illusion of Depth chapter 3
1:04:26 Reducing Confidence with Illusion of Explanatory Depth
1:05:55 Critical Thinking and Misattributed Emotions
1:07:34 Conspiracy Theories and Personalities
1:09:09 Sleep Paralysis and Alien Abductions chapter 4
1:09:09 Sleep Paralysis and Brain Activity Explained
1:10:24 Sleep Paralysis and Alien Abduction Beliefs
1:11:55 Cognitive Biases and Misconceptions
1:13:20 Critical Thinking and Misbelief Traits
1:14:46 Consequences of Social Isolation and Misbelief chapter 2
1:14:46 Social Isolation and Misbelief Tendencies
1:16:42 Managing Intolerance and Misattributed Emotions
1:19:06 Coping Mechanism and Control in Relationships chapter 2
1:19:06 Coping Mechanism and Control in Relationships
1:21:47 Paradoxical Persuasion and Superficial Thinking
1:23:37 Importance of Unity and Trust in Society chapter 3
1:23:37 Importance of Unity and Trust in Society
1:25:50 Importance of Trust in Human Society
1:27:22 Discussion on a Challenging Problem

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