The Human Mind…
Today, I watched Micahel Shermer’s “The Pattern behind Self Deception” on ted talks, and I must say I was pretty intrigued.
See the human mind has a tendency to find patterns in everything and these patterns become either False Positives or False negatives. I guess its our way of “finding the meaning of life”
Confused?????? Well let’s see if it makes sense….
Making an A on a test:
Person A: Studies every night for two weeks
Person B: Studies at random intervals for two weeks
Who makes the A on the test – Most people will lean towards person A? Why because it appears that since person A studies every night(pattern) they have a greater chance of making an A…….
Well lets dig a little deeper:
Person A:”Studies every night” but studies only for 20 minutes a day, and watches TV while they study.
Person B: “Studies at random intervals” but studies for 2 hours with no distractions.
When we look at the facts it become unclear who is better off…….
I need to go *study* this GMAT book – but I thought I would at least summarize what I was thinking.
