What makes rational people believe irrational things? For that matter, how do we know we’re the ones being rational? "Misbelief" author Dan Ariely explains! Full show notes can be found here: https://jordanharbinger.com/903 What We Discuss with Dan: 00:00 - Intro 01:03 - Why Dan cares about this 12:19 - How being poor hurts cognition 32:09 - Proportionality bias 35:15 - Stressors make you susceptible to conspiracies 49:22 - How the echo chamber encourages more extreme beliefs 58:53 - Information bias and motivated reasoning 1:06:16 - Emotion attribution 1:15:09 - Social ostracization leads to higher susceptibility Get the BEST highlights from each episode on our clips channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-cxPJ7QxPE8M7EYe5Vv7ag Want to watch more in-depth interviews with some of the world’s most amazing and successful people? Find full episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNbAQB8BYtM&list=PLxuPu-uyanrrBgAl5-76enemxVsxFjnEQ&index=1 Welcome to The Jordan Harbinger Show, a video podcast where each week you get to join a conversation with some of the world’s highest performers and incredible personalities. I’ll ask them the tough questions to tease out their top tips so that you can reach levels of personal growth and mastery that you never imagined possible. Learn more about Jordan: http://jordanharbinger.com/about #podcast #jhs #psychology