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What's Affecting Your Decision Making | Neil Parikh | TEDxNM College
TEDx Talks· 2025-07-22 16:01
[Music] [Applause] Good afternoon everyone. What if I told you that all of us sitting here, you, me, everyone here are extremely lazy and extremely greedy people. So think about it, right.So today, if you want to get fit, you want to lose weight, what is the good thing to do. The good thing to do is hit the gym, go to the gym, sleep well, eat well, live a very disciplined life, right. And you will not get results tomorrow immediately.It will take months, sometimes years. So over a longer term with a discipl ...
Irrationality of Human Reasoning | Maragatha Sundaram | TEDxYouth@TCHS
TEDx Talks· 2025-07-14 15:04
Human Reasoning & Decision Making - Human rationality is paradoxical, as faculties meant to guide us can lead us astray [2] - Emotions often guide decisions, even when we think we are rational [5] - Fear can distort risk perception, underplaying opportunities and overestimating risks [6] - Social and cultural norms heavily influence our thinking, leading to conformity [6][7] - Cultural background can reinforce unexamined or dangerous beliefs [8] Critical Thinking & Objectivity - Critical thinking is essential for analyzing information and producing objective results [9] - Critical thinking requires awareness of biases and seeking evidence that questions our ideas [10] - Controlling rationality and being more objective can lead to unexpected achievements [10] - Recognizing our irrationality allows us to approach the world more objectively [11]