Dan Ariely asks, Are we in control of our own decisions?
Another TED talk about irrational behaviour, sensory illusions and decisions. He sees illusions as a metaphor, saying that something like visual illusions, we all know, also occur in other senses and even higher level thinking.
This is a very interesting, informative and funny talk. Dan Ariely is truely a gifted speaker !
Behavioural Science Blog 
Great video. Dan Ariely also just sent this clip into Big Think a couple of days ago to commemorate Fashion Week in New York.
In the video, the behavioral economist and author of ‘Predictably Irrational’ tries on various designer glasses—while wearing a red silk robe—and discusses how wearing fake, ‘knock-off’ merchandise, has been shown to lessen people’s moral standards and make them more prone to commit larger crimes in the future: http://bigthink.com/bigthinkeditor/do-prada-knockoffs-make-you-evil
Andrew
September 15, 2009 at 4:12 pm
Hi Andrew, thanks a lot for the comment and the link to the cool video.
Actually Andrew wrote an email to me first, so I would like to add something that he did not write in the above comment. Please keep us updated on new videos!
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It’s a pretty funny video that he sent in exclusively to us, so I think your readers will really enjoy it. BigThink has interviewed several behavioral economists in the recent past, and I am sending you links to pages with a wide variety of talks from Ariely–including his discussion of “What is Behavioral Economics,” as well as a link to the page of Richard Thaler, another prominent behavioral economist who similarly addresses a lot of the issues in the field. I hope you enjoy these. Great work on the blog!
Dan Ariely: http://bigthink.com/danariely/
Richard Thaler: http://bigthink.com/richardthaler
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