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Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
Putting Our Assumptions to the Test
52 minutes Posted Mar 7, 2022 at 7:00 pm.
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Do you ever stop to wonder if the way you see the world is how the world really is?  Economist Abhijit Banerjee has spent a lifetime asking himself this question. His answer: Our world views often don't reflect reality. The only way to get more accurate is to think like a scientist — even when you're not looking through a microscope. 

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