Misbelief with Dan Ariely

Dr. Shahab Anari talks with Dr. Dan Ariely about how rational people believe irrational things, and specifically his book, Misbelief. Dan Ariely is a professor of psychology and behavioral economics at Duke University and he’s the author of multiple best-selling books, including Predictably Irrational and Misbelief. Dan is considered to be one of the most important social scientists in the whole world.

In the conversation the following was discussed:

1. How did you end up becoming an expert in irrationality?

2. What is the funnel of misbelief?

3. Role of stress? Role of cognition? Role of personality? Role of social element?

4. Misbeliefs can be a response to the human needs.

5. How can we prevent going down the funnel of misbelief?

Learn more about Dan Ariely at: https://danariely.com/