#150 - The Map of Misunderstanding (From the Archive)
Summary
Sam Harris hosts a live conversation with the late Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman, exploring cognitive biases, System 1 and System 2 thinking, and the replication crisis in science. They discuss the failure of expert intuition, the power of framing, loss aversion, and why humans respond to individual stories rather than statistics. Kahneman reflects on his work, the difficulty of overcoming inherent cognitive errors, and the ethical implications of how we perceive risk and suffering.
Topics discussed
Introduction and archive episode context
Cognitive biases and the replication crisis in psychology
System 1 vs System 2 and the homunculus fallacy
The reliability and trainability of expert intuition
Overconfidence and protecting against cognitive errors
Framing effects, loss aversion, and moral intuition
Cognitive ease, confabulation, and interview biases
Regret, loss aversion, and the asymmetry of suffering
Worry, climate change, and nudging via default options
Experiencing vs remembering self and the peak-end rule
Income, happiness, and social media dynamics
Gossip, morality, and psychedelic experiences
Virtual reality, apologies, and human nature limits
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