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How monkeys mirror human irrationality

Why do we make irrational decisions so predictably? Laurie Santos is a Professor of Psychology at Yale University. She looks for the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primate relatives make decisions. A clever series of experiments in “monkeynomics” shows that some of the silly choices we make, monkeys make too.

Tags: Laurie Santos, irrationality, economics, relativity, monkeys, psychology, experiment, video,

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