Chapter
Understanding Human Behavior
31:33 - 38:01 (06:27)
The speaker discusses how people might believe things just for social approval and highlights how we don't know everything there is to know about human behavior.
Clips
The speaker discusses how it's difficult to know if we believe things for social approval because our actual motivations could be rationalizations, and people generally have little understanding of why they think and act the way they do.
31:33 - 36:41 (05:07)
Self-Reflection
Summary
The speaker discusses how it's difficult to know if we believe things for social approval because our actual motivations could be rationalizations, and people generally have little understanding of why they think and act the way they do.
ChapterUnderstanding Human Behavior
Episode#486 - Gurwinder Bhogal - 14 Mental Models To Understand Human Nature
PodcastModern Wisdom
To avoid believing things purely for irrational reasons, it's always worth asking what else you stand to gain from that belief, which helps us understand ourselves and why we think the way we do.
36:41 - 38:01 (01:19)
Self-Reflection
Summary
To avoid believing things purely for irrational reasons, it's always worth asking what else you stand to gain from that belief, which helps us understand ourselves and why we think the way we do. People believe things because it brings them comfort and there are complex factors at play besides just reason.