Does the decisions of other people really shape our lives so much? In a TED Talk entitled "Irrational Behavior", the speaker talks about how little control we have in our lives. He starts the talk off by showing us optical illusions: boxes that don't look the same color but really are, tables that look longer and shorter but are really the same length, that sort of thing. He does this to give us a bit of a warning. "Vision is one of the best things we do, he states, "if we have these predictable, repeatable mistakes in vision, which we're so good at, what's the chance that we don't make even more mistakes in something we're not as good at." He talks about how "in cognitive illusion it's much, much harder to demonstrate to people the mistakes."
The speaker then goes on to describe a study about the amount of organ donors in European countries, some of which have a very high amount of donors, other have not so much. We would assume that the reason this difference exists is because of some sort of cultural difference, right? But the speaker goes on to tell us that these countries have similar culture. He then explains that the countries with the least amount of donors have boxes on forms that say "check if you want to be a donor" whereas the countries with the most amount of donors have boxes on forms that say "check if you don't want to be a donor"
The speaker then goes on to describe a study about the amount of organ donors in European countries, some of which have a very high amount of donors, other have not so much. We would assume that the reason this difference exists is because of some sort of cultural difference, right? But the speaker goes on to tell us that these countries have similar culture. He then explains that the countries with the least amount of donors have boxes on forms that say "check if you want to be a donor" whereas the countries with the most amount of donors have boxes on forms that say "check if you don't want to be a donor"