My guest today is Christopher Chabris, an American research psychologist, currently Associate Professor of Psychology and co-director of the Neuroscience Program at Union College in Schenectady, New York, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neurology at Albany Medical College and a Research Affiliate at the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence.
The topic is his book The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us.
In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:
Witnesses, memory, and the legal system Expert witness testimony “The play that changed poker” Mastery in any field The connection between chess and memory Chabris’ interaction with Neil deGrasse Tyson, and how memory affects our outlook The stock market, prediction, and forecasting The importance of confidence with regard to predictions Simple rules vs. complex rules Oprah Winfrey, Malcolm Gladwell, and intuition Memory and the influx of information coming at usJump in!
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