040 - Monkey Marketplace - Laurie Santos by You Are Not So Smart published on 2015-01-06T01:41:07Z How far back can we trace our irrational behaviors and cognitive biases? Evolutionarily speaking, why do we even do these things? Can we blame our faulty logic on our cultures and institutions, or should we blame it on our biology and our genetic inheritance? Our guest on this episode is psychologist Laurie Santos who has created a novel approach to solving these questions - a marketplace where monkeys learn how to use money just like humans, and where they tend to make the same kind of mistakes as well. Genre monkey Comment by user38066289 is there any transcription for deaf people? 2015-01-11T22:44:37Z Comment by maeghith …to here. What will be those "mind glasses/bikes/wheelchairs" to enhance our cognitive limitations? Are computers enough for that purpose? 2015-01-10T01:59:28Z Comment by maeghith Great thougth from here… 2015-01-10T01:55:56Z