166 - Prevalence Induced Concept Change (rebroadcast) by You Are Not So Smart published on 2019-11-04T03:00:34Z In this episode we explore prevalence induced concept change. In a nutshell, when we set out to change the world by reducing examples of something we have deemed problematic, and we succeed, a host of psychological phenomena can mask our progress and make those problems seem intractable -- as if we are only treading water when, in fact, we’ve created the change we set out to make. Sponsors: -- • The Great Courses: www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/smart ||| Show Notes at YouAreNotSoSmart.com ||| Genre Science Comment by Un1 I enjoyed the podcast. I found it thought provoking. Though colour is not “objective reality”. “Color vision is an illusion created by the interactions of billions of neurons in our brain. There is no color in the external world; it is created by neural programs and projected onto the outer world we see.” - Dr. Peter Gouras, National Eye Institute 2020-05-31T20:20:06Z