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Why do we believe things that aren't true? | Philip Fernbach | TEDxMileHigh

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It seems like we’re living in an epidemic of false belief. Clearly the other side just doesn’t have all the facts, right? Or are they really that stupid? In this fascinating and hilarious talk, cognitive scientist Philip Fernbach peels back the layers of what we really know and reveals some surprising truths about the human mind. Philip Fernbach is a cognitive scientist and professor in the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Co-author of The Knowledge Ilusion: Why We Never Think Alone, Philip’s research focuses on why we think we know more than we actually do and the implications this has on individuals and society. He lives in Boulder with his wife and two children. In his free time, he plays bluegrass music and ice hockey. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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33 thoughts on “Why do we believe things that aren't true? | Philip Fernbach | TEDxMileHigh”

  1. When genetically modified food is included in the same statement with climate change and vaccination I give the speaker a minus, whatever he chocks up in the rest of his talk. So there better be a lot of pluses.

  4. The speaker needs to listen to his own message, once he’s digested it he should talk again. I would like to hear his thoughts

  5. Well believing in one of the various religions that various men made up over the centuries for people to cling to, has caused one H of a lot of suffering & death.

  6. So it all comes down to who are your sources of knowledge. Are they legit & are they capable of knowing what they say they know?

  8. No. Thank YOU! for so eloquently expressing what I have been failing to for so long now. Over two decades of saying the same old things. "I know enough to know I don't know" is my favorite. "Shut up. Listen. And LEARN something" "Learn to learn, knowing you will never know" "Keep asking questions until you understand. Then, GO TO THE LIBRARY." and more. I don't think I ever really got my point across. 🙂

  9. ways to understand people that exist on a third and fourth world on a first world 🤔 however it does not explain how to improve them🤔 or does it 🤗

  10. The speaker is guilty of his own point. He assumes that it is in an unarguable truth that genetically modified foods are safe, healthy and necessary. The whole reason why they are genetically modified so that highly toxic chemicals can be sprayed on plants without killing the plant. However these chemicals are delivered to us through the plants and bioaccumulate. He further implies that vaccine safety is an established fact. I am not anti-VAX, however I want proof that safety studies have been done on any vaccine I am involved with as a parent. Robert Kennedy Jr. and Robert De Niro held a press conference in Washington DC and offered anyone who could supply one published scientific paper of a vaccine safety study, $100,000. The TedTalk speaker speaks as if vaccine safety is an established fact on par with the earth not being flat. Perhaps he would like to try to come up with that vaccine safety study paper for the $100,000. The point of his talk is well taken, as the expert on the topic demonstrated that he’s guilty of doing what he’s trying to teach people not to do!

  17. This should be aired at all religious congregations , in schools and universities. Philip Fernbach's message is timely for our present times . Every human being is struggling with themselves and with this existence itself . Camaraderie , gratititude , forgiveness and compassion are the essence our children should be taught not dogma .What we do to ourselves echoes . Make space for great Love to embrace yourself first and be humble .
    '' To Know the River and Rest is the Beginning . To Emerge with no separation is Eternal '' . We must go back to prayers . It doesn't matter which denomination one belongs to . Prayer is meditation . Evolve and become a higher , functional human kind . TQ

  26. Like everyone believing there is a man in the sky that rules the universe. And that when we die we get to see our loved ones and actually preserve our consciousness. I've learned that the most irrational the thoughts are, the more radical people become about it. They won't tolerate someone who disagrees.

  28. That was kinda disappointing. What about persuasion by compelling logic? I really have a hard time trying to maintain equinimity with someone who believes that 2+2=17, depending on your perspective. Sadly,that talk just wasn't too illuminating on why experts are so distrusted now,and why we seem to be sinking backwards in any agreed-upon objective reality. It's getting dangerous. Is there a difference between fact and falsehood?

  29. If what we know is not ours, how do you explain people like Newton? His thought of gravity was initially only his, when he was sitting under the tree. How do you explain people like Darwin who had all of society against him clearly not sharing his views? How do you understand people who arrive to conclusions and knowledge based on logic and not necessarily because someone whispered the solution to a dilemma?

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