Very interesting video. Michael Shermer discusses belief. Belief is the natural state of things, the default option of our minds. Science is not natural, it’s more difficult. It’s uncomfortable to not believe things. We have a "belief engine" in our brains. We find patterns and make connections. Like Pavlov’s dogs and Skinner’s rats.
Michael calls this pattern finding process "patternicity"–our tendency to find meaningful patterns in both meaningful and meaningless noise. L-Dopa (turns into dopamine) causes subjects to see more patterns, dopamine appears to be associated with patternicity. Neuroleptic drugs (dopamine antagonists) reduce psychotic behavior, reducing patternicities–delusions, paranoia, hallucinations–false or psychotic patterns. Watch the whole video… – Ilene
Michael Shermer on Self-Deception
Courtesy of Miss Trade, Trading for the Masses
Fantastic Speech for Traders to watch especially Technical Traders. See what you want or what is real? What is real?
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