Why we think it's OK to cheat and steal (sometimes) | Dan Ariely

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stupid nurses. to minimize impact force you increase the time force is applied. and also, when someone says something hurts, usually the right thing to do is to stop doing it.

My favourite author :), I love when he speaks, it is such a inspiration. It would be pleasure if you could visit Brno, Czech republic :)

Can someone answer these questions for me?

1. What does the presenter mean by “predictable irrationality?”





2. What causes us to so regularly engage in “predictable irrationality?”





3. Can you think of a time when either you or someone you know has behaved in ways that could be described as “predictable irrationality?”





4. What conclusions has Dr. Ariely drawn about cheating based on his experiments?





5. What do his experiments have to do with his discussion of “predicatable irrationality?”





6. How can we overcome our tendency to engage in “predictable irrationality?”

What's getting me about this regarding the bandage analogy is one very. very important detail. If they did it the slower, better-for-that-patient way, they'd take twice as long. That extra hour will not go to another patient, who needs the care. So the question isn't just 'good care for this one patient' it's 'make sure all patients get care'. We're taught 'take the bandage off fast because it's better', and that's just understood as standard. But part of the reason taking the bandage off fast is good is not because of personal 'less trauma', but also because of 'economy of time'. Isn't it better that everyone gets some, but not perfect, care, than for some to get perfect care, and others to get less than perfect or worse no care?

well there is a big push in nursing for evidence-based care.

It is interesting how we feel that our identity relies on these "intuitions", as if morality were static, and apart from ourselves. Also I think it was a really great point to actually show how these intuitions are illusory and must be tested. I found this speech very liberating.

Righteous people think that people would not steal if they weren`t desperate. Don`t judge those who act by the basic means of survival if you don`t know what it means

Great point at the end. I find we often have strong intuitions especially concerning morality that seem so obvious that we've never bothered questioning, leaving us with an opinion based on, not facts, but an intuition that hasn't been proven, which is why it's so important to always question them and test them to make sure that whatever your doing or thinking is based on facts.

let's increase the fudge factor

Bad experiments, sounds so biased and unreliable. at 9:20 he sums it up in one sentence.

Dan Ariely laid out the norms for cheating and stealing. In such situations we tend to convince ourselves that what we do is not entirely wrong.

I guess it is up to us whether to do the right thing or not.

Our intuition might be wrong or right, it's our choice if we follow it or not.

i do have one question, how did they check cheating if the people would shred the paper?

I found this idea very interesting so I chose this speech to do a research paper over, however, I am unable to find where this speech took place or what exact day (besides sometime February 2009). Anyone know where this speech took place?

Very astute observations.  We used to call it Mob Rule, which I believe is based on the same emotional connections, needs and desires.  I believe it is more of an intellectual adaptation of our Animalistic Territorial Imperatives, which amounts to, gain as much as you can, (breeding females) with the smallest expenditure of effort, for the greatest reward for our specific genetic survival.

We seen the approximate same thing in lion prides, when three fully mature male brothers who grew up together come upon a pride they want, the three take out and depose the single male of that pride.  It is strength in numbers, as well as the ability to put out the least effort while gaining the most advantage.

Because it is an intellectual adaptation, it can be twisted and lied about, such our true nature is not so evident in our effort to gain the advantage.  We humans are ANIMALS after all !!!

 It's not "intuition" when a nurse is incapable of listening to her patient's wishes. The nurse isn't experiencing physical pain. The nurse doesn't want to endure the emotional pain of ripping bandages for two hours. I wish his doctor had intervened. I was in an American hospital for months. The things some nurses do is unconscionable.

Ok. Dat verklaart echt een hoop. Must see !