Comments on: Predictably irrational, variably dishonest

By: Dawn Pugh

Dawn Pugh — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 19:16:52 +0000

“Researchers have explained this paradox about self-deception under the assumption that a person can simultaneously store both true and false knowledge, with a bias toward the true knowledge being stored in the unconscious and the false (i.e., misrepresented) knowledge being stored in the conscious”.

Fascinating!

Thank you for sharing
Regards
Dawn Pugh

By: Alison

Alison — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:17:55 +0000

Ariely was also interviewed on the BBC’s mid-week programme (listen again from http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/midweek_20080319.shtml).
I wonder how many parents (like me) tell their children it’s better to rip plasters off quickly than ease them off slowly. Having heard Ariely talk about it, it of course made absolute sense that might be expedient for the parent…so never again.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 01:53:27 +0000

I often find myself arguing with rational choice theorist – I like what Ariely reveals. He recently gave a talk on his book (http://orbitalteapot.blogspot.com/2008/03/cheating-because-of-sweatshirts.html). I found his discussion one of his experiment with cheating where an actor with a rival school’s sweatshirt on blatantly cheats in front of everyone.