Dan Ariely, whose team was awarded the 2008 Ig Nobel Prize in medicine,* is offering an online course — free for everyone — about irrational behavior. Dan is the James B. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University and a founding member of the Center for Advanced Hindsight. Some background about the course: […]
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Instruction for those who would behave too rationally
Ig Nobel Prize winner Dan Ariely is teaching a new online course called “A beginner’s guide to irrational behavior.” Perhaps irrationally, it’s free. Ariely and colleagues Rebecca L. Waber, Baba Shiv, and Ziv Carmon were awarded the 2008 Ig Nobel Prize in medicine for demonstrating that high-priced fake medicine is more effective than low-priced fake medicine. [REFERENCE: “Commercial Features of Placebo […]
Dan Ariely asks: Are we in control of our own decisions?
In this video, Ig Nobel Prize winner (for demonstrating that high-priced fake medicine is more effective than low-priced fake medicine) Dan Ariely asks: Are we in control of our own decisions?
Proposed Economics of Irrational Hammer-Throwing
We received a kind invitation from someone named Molly Michell. I’m sure we’d all be fascinated to hear her economic take on hammer throwing. Here is Ms. Mitchell’s invitation: > From: Molly Mitchell > Date: Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 3:08 PM > Subject: Economics Guest Post > > Hi , > > I created […]