{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffugues.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fwhy-so-irrational-xFSGE2Ad","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Why So Irrational?","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/1c8c2446-a8d3-403a-8fe7-79bb07b958c7/e421504c-af64-4870-978e-afac907d667f/gemini-generated-image-ecd148ecd148ecd1.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/72009987-f4b9-4e0d-9fd6-93f6042690d8\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Why So Irrational?\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"Why are we so prone to bad logic? We’re going to hear two everyday fugues in this episode: the search for a lost spatula and a spilled beer. The real story here is how easy it is to be irrational. Who is “we” in this episode? It’s me and my inner voice obviously. Inner Voice and I will do some post-fugue analysis to find out what mental phenomena are at play while I make really bad assumptions about events in my surroundings. By the end of the episode maybe you’ll appreciate why we’re actually doing a lot better than we think we are as a society given how mistake-prone our brains are."}