Are we in control of our decisions? | Dan Ariely

[@mariavanfleet1042]

The information, the delivery; I think he is absolutely brilliant!

[@ScaryTimeTravel]

Really

[@krylol]

i dont care

[@zennseven]

Ruka Pacyfistka -Will that be Republican or republican lite?

[@joewmcboeamcboewad3090]

Simply brilliant!

[@kchuen]

Turned out he is a total scam himself lol the irony. The ethnic researcher who got busted and this honesty researcher lol

[@parandroid997]

This is one of the easiest Ted talks to follow while still getting a ton of information thrown at you. I really enjoyed this speaker!

[@andresmartinez8117]

@@AG-ld6rv just cause you wrote a summary doesn’t mean there wasn’t a lot of information

[@parandroid997]

@@AG-ld6rv I invite you to entertain the idea that there may be people on this platform who are unfamiliar with university level psychology. Thanks for the summary though, I personally prefer Ariely’s delivery!

[@swayzy762]

Try Lex Fridman podcasts. It's like a dinner table Ted talk format.

[@sunway1374]

Unfortunately, now we have no idea which of his studies are real and which are fake.

[@Overt_Erre]

@@sunway1374 if you look at the guy's history, the questionable methods that were revealed started pretty early in his "career"

[@XSilvenX]

One of the most entertaining TED talks I've had the pleasure of watching on the topic of human cognition.

[@GodIsInTheTv]

This didnt age well.

[@pgk60]

Yep, he’s an entertainer.

[@Eugenexxxx]

If only he wasn't a lying scumbag.

[@LeanneGodfried-jp5uh]

He is a lying cheat

[@adrocketinshite]

I heard Dan speak at a User Experience/Interaction conference run by Epic Games. The best line I took away from his talk was "Never underestimate people's desire to do nothing." He's has an amazing mind and is a joy to listen to.

[@mazetoeden9334]

haha that's awesome

[@hhiippiittyy]

And a fraud.

[@danielmacdougall2697]

"writing academic papers is not that exciting" - one way to make it more interesting, just make up a bullshit hypothesis, then create the data out of thin air and wait to see how long it takes for someone to catch you - about 14 years of hide and seek seems a good return on investment.

[@LeonardoMarchesi-s8w]

ABSOLUTEKLY BRILLLIANT! one of the easiest Ted talks to follow while still getting a ton of information thrown at you. Now every time I go into a shop I am more aware about the use of behavioral economics in marketing such as scented marketing, I think they use that stuff in casinnos as well. CRAZYYYY WORLD WE LIVE IN !!!

[@nO_d3N1AL]

I wish they taught us behavioural economics in my degree. 3 years of uni and 2 years at school, and not a single word about the most interesting part of it!

[@godgod156]

@Sina Madani What did you find was the most interesting part?

[@diogeneslantern18]

@@godgod156 they didn't say it directly but they are implying that behavioural economics was their favourite part.

[@deeps3399]

Well even I'm doing my masters ,yet I haven't come across Behavioural Economics.Wish to study in depth about it .

[@JoshuaAdu]

Come to University of Kassel, Germany for the masters in economic behavior and governance program. You'd love it

[@mailbox5ravi]

Hey, done with your course? What are you doing now? ​@@JoshuaAdu

[@csmihaly]

" We are predictable in a consistent way, and we can do nothing about it. " brilliant. Should be the Ars Poetica of humanity.

[@avazhalid7129]

"Our intuition is fooling us in a repeatable, predictable, consistent way, And there is almost nothing we can do about it"

[@Mrius86]

"The Upside of Irrationality" totally changed my view on a whole lot of things. I really recommend it.

[@AnilDukkipatty]

Dan Ariely is an exceptional speaker, please engage in his other videos as well. Kudos Mr. Dan, job well done.

[@LeanneGodfried-jp5uh]

And he is a lying cheat

[@Kevin-jd7mv]

what a state of the art Tedtalk, I have always been interested in behavioural concepts and in business concepts, but the application of both of these is just amazing. Thanks for the inspiration and the good laughter!

[@Gymbruden]

Ariely is fantastic to listen to! Love an intelligent being like that! I need to buy his book.

[@keely2014]

Did you waste your money?

[@LeanneGodfried-jp5uh]

I hope it was not wasted on this lying cheat

[@LifeAsANoun]

From the current perspective; after having found out that this man is a fraud, what should happen to this person's recordings? Shouldn't there be a warning about the incredible nature of this person? He fabricated data; was he in control of that?

[@TheRogueThunder]

I've seen other comments on this but I couldn't find any articles about this... What data did he fabricate?

[@sjenner76]

This should be mandatory viewing in school, together with Pinker’s video on the data of our age. Suddenly, things will seem so less certain than we think they are. And that’s a great place to begin.

[@NathanHarrison7]

What a brilliant mind. A coworker shared his book with me probably 10 years ago. It was the beginning of me thinking differently. It was the beginning of new interests, and perceptions,, that would go on to shape my thinking and interests. It helped me, among many other things, to have realistic expectations of others and myself.

[@KK-eg3em]

He's a fraud.

[@diogeneslantern18]

Ariely, Thaler, Kahneman are absolute titans of BE. Reading their books and applying the principles therein will measurably improve the satisfaction you gain from life

[@KidWizardCartoons]

Watched this in a PlayPosit assignment for school and had to come here to give it a like. Great vid and raises an interesting point about our self-perceptions.

[@nonchalantd]

Not that many TED speakers get a standing ovation.

[@cougar2013]

Faking research data really helps.

[@RiverSiege]

I love this talk so much, I share it every couple of months on my facebook page in the hopes everyone will watch it.

[@muradtalukdar4401]

I wonder if TED will take this down now given the doubts around his research being valid.

[@nidodson]

Given how many people are calling him out for being a fraud in the comments now, I am surprised they haven't.

[@OutragedPufferfish]

Elizabeth Holmes' Ted Talk is still online so I don't think so.

[@naifdayil8165]

I knew now why usually my friend take me with them to parties

[@charlesferdinand422]

For those of you who don't know: This guy is a grifter who fabricated all of the data in all of the papers he has published (including his books), was ostracized by his own colleagues for being a sleazebag, then was caught lying about it and then went into hiding.

[@Cacuofa]

I was just going to write that the rubik´s cube example was fake, but decided first to watch it in the slowest speed possible. It´s been 5 hours since I got stuck at 3:44 and my brain is about to melt. Dan is the best seatmate you could have beside you on a day flight from Buenos Aires to Tokyo...

[@YernarJ]

Eye-opening speech with a good sense of humour :)

[@DharmendraRaiMindMap]

"Not yours of course other people 's " Starts off with the Superman illusion ! Brilliant !

[@curtismega7591]

This was a briliantly presented talk... :)

[@MmmMulholland]

Dan is absolutely gorgeous. Think I have a crush ^_^ It's so refreshing to find an academic who speaks with his audience, even though he's the only one speaking.

[@bormeysin4819]

wow! he is so good. He threw information that you couldn't even raise a question either have millions questions in your head.

[@1414mwh]

I kind of wish I knew this guy personally. He seems like the type of person you could have mind-blowing conversations with.

[@salemibrahim6120]

This is by far the best TED video i've ever watched 17 minutes went pass like a wind

[@Take-the-Ticket]

@ Dan Ariely you are a brilliant and caring person. I love your discussions.

[@toxidrop]

The subscription example was on point. Imma start using it

[@soulfoodvisnu]

One of the few both witty and informative.

[@HenryOrientJnr]

One of the most interesting TED talks yet.

[@NunzioBruno]

I love Ted Talks that give a little insight on how people behave. This one is definitely in my Top 10!

[@marios7900]

which are the other 9? I ì'm very interested to look all them!

[@charly.chavez]

Yes, please share your top list

[@BladeRunner-td8be]

I did like his stage presence and the way he moved logically and confidently though the lecture. Not his first time. He ends this with "If we could understand our cognitive limitations in the same way we understand our physical limitations... we could design a better world." Well this ending is a big bowl of (insert food you dislike here).

[@shafiyaalgiquadra1105]

It appears self-evident,would you expound the tenets that make the assertion a big bowl of blood pudding?

[@MattWiggyWiggins]

This is the kinda thing I'm gonna have to come back and watch again...think on it quite a bit.

[@smokey.k8209]

Come back and watch, 7 sevens have gone by!

[@Crimewave9]

Many years ago, on my 16th birthday I think, my friend gave me a book, I read few chapters then put it in my shelve. Many years later today, I look at the title, it's Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely! Jesus!

[@JoeCharogoff]

That's great, now how do we do that? He didn't have much time but I hope he addressed it in his book. He is talking about our subconscious, and the way to make better decisions is by thinking about what is around us. We are led to make so many choices because we are afraid, as he touched on. If we aren't consciously considering something, than our subconscious will always make the decision for us. That decision will always be what 'seems' most comforting, even ignoring it.

[@angellachimombo9783]

👏👏

[@SpiritsBB]

The line is measuring the hypotenuse of half the table in one, and length in the other @ 3:00...

[@098anne]

I love the insights this work gives us. How easily we are manipulated...and manipulate others. Advertising is well aware already.

[@michaellattimore3450]

We don't know our preferences well and thus are susceptible, very good point.

[@AM-sp6je]

Brilliant! Proves that however smart you are, you can still be fooled !

[@godgod156]

@Abhishek Muralidhara Love be with you also.

[@philipshirk1119]

I vaguely recall Sam Harris mentioning on one of his podcasts that he asked a famous researcher on the science of decision-making how that researcher's own research has influenced his own decision making, and the researcher said something along the lines of "Oh, it hasn't", because his research shows that the smarter one is, the better one is at coming up with reasonable justifications for their own decisions.

[@Rainbowafterflood]

Oh my gosh. That Economist trick gets me ALL the time!

[@smokeyjayshouse]

This guy is a weird combo of Al Pacino and Sylvester Stallone

[@jonnyspace50]

and two face (sorry dan but its too good)

[@shawarmageddonit]

@@jonnyspace50 I was just about to say Freddie Krueger. Loved the talk, by the way.

[@thebookwasbetter3650]

Yikes. From wikipedia - he was active in Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed, an Israeli youth movement. While he was preparing a ktovet esh (fire inscription) for a traditional nighttime ceremony, the flammable materials he was mixing exploded, causing third-degree burns over 70 percent of his body.[12] In his writings, Ariely describes how that experience led to his research on "how to better deliver painful and unavoidable treatments to patients."

[@ozuu8496]

GUYS ITS JAVIER BARDEM IM SURE

[@damonm3]

6:45 super important difference. I heard an opinion of someone I respect (can’t remember who atm)) on KZbin saying the opt out opt in wouldn’t make a change. They need to see this...

[@mkg304]

Isn't this the guy that fabricated and made up date for a few studies? And was also kicked out of duke (I think) for unethical research practices? Academia is messed up

[@peanutm9346]

Kicked out of MIT

[@gilliansingleton245]

Fantastic talk. Dan Ariely is brilliant.

[@isharajayakody]

Great speech on how we are influenced to decide. Good for advertising professionals.

[@xTriad]

Absolutely amazing. I wish they were all this good.

[@Ludifant]

I saw this a couple of months ago. Still brilliant.. watched it to the end again.

[@keely2014]

Still BS

[@melissabarker5577]

D. Ariely makes such a good point about human nature.

[@supernautistaken]

at least 10% of these are that good, thats better then any other subscription,

[@existentialvoid]

Been passing this around for a few years now. One of the best TED talks todate

[@marlonmagonjo]

Greatest Video on YT to this day!!!

[@robinsalario4372]

what an honor to have followed his course at coursera. :) it wa sin 2013 and i still remember a lot of it. it is sad they deleted the course. i am dutch and i did not. not because i was lazy but because i did not want to. we got the paper. that was the time i thought of your course, if they want something from you they make it easy. if they want something else they make it more difficult. it is an everyday thing.

[@mememichiru]

One of my favorite ted talks. Really fascinating implications on form design.

[@finnibertlunchiken7792]

This is the best TEDx Ive ever seen and Ive watched about 100 or more. It was equally entertaining and informative. Very sophisticated humour with bizarre but easily understood truths about the human mind.

[@JoeEPena]

I am praying for many people again, a lady that went threw drug rehab 5 times, and was Baptized the last time I helped her @ a Rehab Camp is back in the street!

[@yongjaccapong6768]

Some scenario are very similar from the book thinking fast and slow by Daniel kahneman. Great talk enjoy it very much!!!

[@МаксВебер-е1о]

This is one of the best TED videos I have seen.

[@CopelandChannel]

Wow I could not read until ms elliot in 4th grade (I wish I had his understanding) Amazing how he can talk and make science work for people like me because I have never read a book

[@SpiritofSix]

Wonderful talk.. there is charm to the way this man speaks: listening to his ideas was time well spent. I have a strong love for learning and for philosophy and so I try to talk about the ideas I've come across through my videos. I need your feedback and thoughts because I am constantly trying to improve and learn more. If you have the chance, that is all that I care to ask of you

[@sebastian8538]

ofSix dope Videos homie.

[@sixman9]

I listened to this through my Alexa, missed the speaker name, had to come and find the video. One of the most insightful talks about our unconscious biases and the ease in which we might unknowingly be manipulated. Can't believe it took me 10 years to hear this talk. Illuminating!

[@flyinspirals]

I teach drawing - definitely gonna include the illusion of the 2 tables in my drawing lessons. Thanks!

[@hurryslow1]

Brilliant material and brilliant delivery from a brilliant individual.

[@pyro_cliffy4742]

I loved this thank you Ariely. :)

[@CraigCastanet]

We should be humbler about our physical and cognitive limitations..............indeed. Important lesson.

[@romfrolov]

Fastest 17 minutes of my life.

[@CircusOfBedlam]

thank you ted for sharing so many great speakers and talks

[@후연이-w6g]

I am a high school student from Korea, and I found your lecture informative. If I have time, I would like to watch your videos related to ChatGPT.

[@charles2521]

He's a fraud, you Koreans are too naive.

[@JonetLazo]

extraordinary talk, we are not so capable after all, learning implies humble to understand our limitations

[@Finiras]

that was probably one of the best and most interesting presentations ive ever seen at TED

[@trafficjon400]

What is not told but a word interesting explains nothing.

[@sushrutabatsya]

The most brilliant talk i ever found in ted.Thank you very much.

[@samfortunato]

this guy has such good delivery with his jokes... very interesting; always been interested in this topic

[@HebusxJebus]

What horrible injury has happened to this man.Great to see it has not affected him , human spirit

[@riversonthemoon]

I really like watching this guy. I always learn something useful about myself.

[@danpetru]

very cool, my second video with Dan Ariely and i think he's turning into my favorite speaker

[@Loveismygift]

My favorite ted Talks video.

[@BigBird104]

Really loved this TED and this guy! Currently reading "Predictably Irrational". He is a great mind and makes me feel smarter LOL he's very good at applying his theories to the everyday, making his research easier to consume

[@elizabethpak3669]

Dan Ariely is absolutely charming.

[@kjmurad]

What a brilliant presentation! I'm now tempted to read his "predictively irrational".

[@bballstar492]

I watched a slightly worse version of this talk before. Now I think this is the best TED talk ever!

[@erickquintero7115]

I love this guy, it's the feeling that I got by just listening throughtout the talk. I'm seeing lots of comments about him being fraud but he still makes sense. I'll do more personal research to him. Overall, it was an exceptional presentation.

[@marianabarbieri1673]

Fabulous talk!!! Love Dan Ariely!!

[@arlinegeorge6967]

Great great beautiful impressive talk . People can manipulate for their personal gains. Thank you, bless you. All your dreams come true.

[@jairofranco6847]

One of the best Ted talks

[@TheSchwartzable]

Had the hardest time finding this talk again! Great talk, very fun plus awesome content. Thank you Dan Ariely!

[@LordOfTheObvious]

I am doing everything in my power to stop myself from mistakes like that. And at the end of the day i see that i failed ones more.

[@pgk60]

I love how the older messages predating the discovery of his fraud are full of awe and wonder. Think he was telling them what they wanted to hear?

[@batuhandurmaz4940]

i m gonna use this in my term project use for a note: start it in 11:15 and close it 13:00

[@Timmeh010]

im from the netherlands, and i remember there was quite some national discussion about making the organ donation form opt in or opt out. if memory serves well (memory from 7 years ago when i turned 18), if you did NOT send in the form AT ALL, there was an automatic opt-in. you actually had to submit the form with a choice.

[@hayeder]

what a fantastic talk, this guy is really good.

[@manishajain8468]

Mr Ariely, the content, presentation and execution was brilliant. Thanks.

[@DharmendraRaiMindMap]

Dan Ariely is one helluvan Eye Opener ! Dharmendra Rai, Mind Map Trainer

[@graciousSenor]

@DSBrekus Reminds me of a quote: "The essence of the Liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held: instead of being held dogmatically, they are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment." --Bertrand Russell

[@naybobdenod]

Had a really gruelling day which was made good by watching this informative,educational and amusing video. Thanks so much for posting and good luck.

[@milindbableshwar]

This presentation makes so much sense after reading "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell :)

[@ampeirebridgette3092]

I was just reading that too wow

[@sniperontheroof123]

Anyone who does polls has known this for years - how you ask the question is a huge factor in what response you get

[@sandyqaqish3537]

You are simply brilliant!

[@jackfruit22]

Undercover economist -Tim Harford. is a great book, I would recommend it.

[@smokey.k8209]

10 years ago, how old do you feel