Why we are wrong when we think we are right | Chaehan So | TEDxMünchen 

Whenever I have a moment where I'm 100% sure I'm right, I think to myself sarcastically "Yes, out of the millions of beliefs, opinions and moral codes that there are, have been and will be, I'm sure you are the one person who has the objectivaly right ones." Doesn't always fully work but it does help to remind myself how little we truely know and how much of what we think is determined by our environment and biases.

If someone has a strong opinion about something that is contrary to yours, try to avoid making strong comments. It will only fortify the pre-existing opinions, no matter how misguided they may be. This applies to any category.

No one can be always right, but only strive for perfection, to be more right than wrong.

Some questions that could help us differentiate between our opinions & the Truth: - Why do I think this is true? - Which evidences support & oppose my view? - Could I be missing evidence that‘d lead to a new conclusion? - Could there be other variables that I haven’t considered?

It sounds like the best thing you can do to stop this is just understanding how the brain works and why you think what you do. Although its important to remember some bias is useful for self preservation

It is a pleasure to listen to a talk both informative and funny! Thank you! The only bad point: it is really a painful exercise to keep climbing Mount Bias.:)

This guy is full of love and reason!

This kind of view is one within the mind. The mind always would find something to fight with, otherwise will ”dissapear”. Instead of fighting we can stretch our consciousness beyond physical mind by OBSERVING our thoughts....and with some practice we can understand that the thoughts are not real. That brings me such a relief (when i do it :) ).

my first impression.... this is nice.. jumping on the other side..... maybe it's because he's only on TED stage my clear intention.... I watched because I wanted to learn something good and useful my conclusion.... I didn't just learn something... I LEARNED A LOT OF THINGS! THANKS MAN!!!!

All I can say is a quote from Bruce Lee ; "One must be honest with oneself , this is not easy".

Definitely one of my top favourite TED talks!

Wow! What to say. Perhaps the best TED talk ever.

Absolutely magnificent!

Amazing, awesome talk. One of the best Ted Talks I've come across. ....From what I've understood so far, and I mean to watch this a few more times to get it well, it reminds me a bit of Buddhism and also of at least on of the steps in A Course in Miracles.

I see bias in myself & others everywhere. To be accepted, fit in, feel “at home”, interactions often over look bias thinking. Perhaps the most difficult task is to remain humble amid the fray.

1. We aren't always wrong when we think we are right. 2. Sometimes, we are right.

Saving this link. I might using it as a prerequisite for anyone with whom I discuss politics.

Awesome!!!

Perfect!

This is great~

awesome presenter

Interesting and workable

Your perceptions are directly related to how in touch with reality you are.

Amazing

Big problem with this argument is that its premise also applies to his thinking that composed that argument - he's subject to making conclusions affected by things he didn't know was influencing him.

"...with me..." now that was funny and humble

This is good. Cute ending punch line!

I am wrong 99% of time. Now I wanna be right . Thanks for this mantra!

I will use this to beat my social anxiety Wish me luck guys XOXO

Interesting

My understanding of this is that life plays out according to our beliefs - conscious and unconscious. A lot of other things come into this - all the hype about positivity etc. So we could sense something in a person, then think you are just being negative and try to counteract those thoughts. Then the thoughts regarding what the truth really is beyond our own perceptions. So the instinct might be to follow our gut feelings which may be generated in terms of traumatic experiences from the past. That can easily throw one into double mindedness. So what is the answer?

Full objectivity is a capacity of sientists but in daily life emotions and reason go hand in hand .

Without illusion conflict is impossible.

"...with me" I blown up from laughing

When you see yourself you are right, then apply opposite rule, and opposite rule is what we think is right is actually opposite of it

Sounds like someone is playing with a Slinkey in the background

Best dating advice from any Ted talk ever

i loved this guy

I thought this video was full of interesting arguments.

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِن جَاءَكُمْ فَاسِقٌ بِنَبَإٍ فَتَبَيَّنُوا أَن تُصِيبُوا قَوْمًا بِجَهَالَةٍ فَتُصْبِحُوا عَلَىٰ مَا فَعَلْتُمْ نَادِمِينَ (6)

Gratulation!

It’s funny when you’re both right AND wrong. I know from experience. I’m a high-ranking chef at a university’s catering business, and I was told by a student employee that her coworker (let’s call him Tom) had been touching crew members too much. Not _that_ type of touch, of course. Just casual ones, like on arms or shoulders. He was always very outgoing at work. Still, I took him to my colleague’s office for a chat and told him that he shouldn't touch anyone without consent. Just handshakes. I said we needed the workers to be comfortable in a good work environment, that he pretty much shouldn't talk about anything other than work and school. How he shouldn't tell his stories because they may be inappropriate to some degree to the other workers; funny to him but not others. I think he’s about 25, give or take. He seemed pretty quiet and silently awkward and uncomfortable during my speech. Answered a question or two with a nod and headshake. The only question he had for me was if anyone reported his touching; I said, "It doesn't matter," but looking back, I bet it made him feel uncomfortable. That day after work, he went skiing and got into an accident. Broke some bones and had to go to the hospital. Suddenly, I didn’t care about his mistakes and flaws. All l could think about was his condition. I realized I may have gone a little too far too. Yeah, I was right about how he should be more filtered at work, and that the casual touching needed to be restricted for his coworkers’ comfort (and for him to be successful), but I shouldn’t have taken him to the office. I shouldn’t have spoken to him the way I did. I shouldn’t have said to his boss (who was in the room with us too), “is there anything you want to add?” That was rude and condescending of me, now that I think of it. Of course Tom never meant any discomfort or tactless harm. He only meant to joke around and have fun with his coworkers. I should’ve shown my patience and understanding toward that. I should've only given him a very brief and gentle talk in the hall, not a lecture in the office with his boss present. He didn't deserve that. He probably felt like a criminal in an interrogation room. Besides, it's perfectly natural to causally touch or tap people *without* it being creepy; maybe Tom deserved a right like that, within reason and limits so he didn't go over them and discomfort anyone. I guess restricting him to handshakes is a bit unfair. He is a not a creep; he's a friendly fellow. When I see him again, I'm gonna tell him I'm sorry for being a bit too tough on him. That I mishandled the situation and could've done better. I think I'm no better than him. He may have "crossed a line," but only unintentionally; I crossed a line more immortally, I guess.

manually trying to change​ an instictive value is temporary. once you stop it will return . the old value that is. It​ might be more beneficial to understand the three operating systems that govern ourselves.

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It is to say that every opinion is wrong, which is a true statement from a material perception of existence. The real question is are any thoughts indelibly true. Yes, but not using a material perspective. If one uses the correct perspective he will, in the time required to eliminate the material influence, reach accurate and true or unbiased observations. Yes, there is such a thing as Truth but Truth cannot be found from a material perspective telling us that a material perspective is an incorrect perspective and responsible for all our searchings. Being a universally accepted incorrect perspective, materialism is responsible for all our problems because it destroys all rationality.

But what about the limit of human capacity? Is there one? What if circumstances have caused me to percieve that I have reached my limit?

This must be watched by all This is needed to be known by all.

He is so funny! XD

if I would have a Nobel prize I would give him right away saved my life. I have a prejudice about people with cognitive bias ill change it and ill forgive them for not stepping out of their comfort zone and feeding their prejudice. I'll not judge them for being stubborn and understand them better now.

Basically, misjudgment is wrong even when we think we are right.

At least this talk will return Sarah

Plot twist: he was also trapped in the mental harmony puzzle with his theory 👀

I do these and have for a long time. I try to explain them and very few people are interested...

wish he would have explained how to overcome all biases and not only the selective perception. guess i have to stick to being self critical and just assume im wrong about he didnt do that, even after watching the video again and again and again,... [endless loop] :)

I knew he was over 40 and not from North East Asia from the beginning. But I didn’t know where he was from.

If you have responded to this saying... that's not me! I am OK to sometimes be wrong! Disagree! Ask yourself, why have you made this about you? Why did you feel personally challenged and feel the need to justify yourself? What is the mental picture you're trying to make fit? It's totally cool to disagree and put forward your preferred alternatives by the way but if you feel yourself getting worked up, there's probably more going on...

hmm.. i wonder how much time needs to pass for hindsight bias to change your memory.. if you give someone a present in a box with :) on the wrapping, would he instantly remember it to have been a :( after opening it and realizing its filled with dog poop?

I still like ideal pictures. I don't believe it is a defect to want an ideal.

Now the most tricky part is finding our biases so we can change them...any advice? Im trying my best to understand my biases... hopefully they are not a lot 😳

We need continuous self- verification.

We are all blind to our own blind spots, me and you. I always want to be right. That is why I always try to examine myself for flaws, I am always open to new information. You seem to be saying I shouldn't strive to be right. You assume that if I want to be right, then I must be rejecting new information if it does not agree with what I "know"... confirmation bias. You are blind to your own blind spots. You are fundamentally wrong.

5:56 He’s holding the funnels the wrong way round. You don’t filter with this method.

Shouldn’t be “under consciousness “ instead of “unconsciousness “?🤔

What if everyone thinks that he is wrong

Hope Judges keep all this in mind when sorting out my divorce.. .

If anyone achieves this full objectivity please contact me I have a few questions.

All of you have proven his ideas with your filtered biases. Which of your comments are his puzzle pieces?

Why is he speaking English and not German in Munich to a German audience?

Can anyone explain this in Hindi ?

I am opposite I think i am wrong even if i am right.

so what if he is wrong about what he sais? :)

But what if the person does not like Gandhi?

WHO THE F IS SCRAPING A SCYTHE ON THE FLOOR BY THE SOUND MIC!

Who is slurping their soda??

The mic produces noise on his unshaved cheek

DarkSide!

If you work in law enforcement, first impressions can mean the difference between life and death.

DID HE GET THE GIRL?!

The robots aren't even trying to hide themselves now smh

After listening to the whole video all come to the conclusion that the great Gandhi was from India

''O you who have believed, avoid much [negative] assumption. Indeed, some assumption is a sin. And do not spy or backbite each other. Would one of you like to eat the flesh of his brother when dead? You would detest it. And fear Allah ; indeed, Allah is Accepting of repentance and Merciful. O mankind, indeed We have created you from a single pair of male and female and made you nations and tribes that you may know one another. Indeed, the most noble of you in the sight of Allah is the most righteous of you. Indeed, Allah is all Knowing and all Acquainted.'' [Al Qur'an 49 : 12-13]

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A shady person walks towards you in a shady area: ah this bias again made me think bad stuff about this gentleman in a hoodie.

What are the 50 cognitive biases?

More like "Mental Prison Harmony"! haha

He’s so wrong, I thought 40’s from China but only when he asked lol

The married scissors logistically double because cd clearly water during a verdant actor. stingy, voracious open

This is a comment for Tedex in general - not this talk in isolation: why are only 17% of Ted talks by women? Women account for 51.7% of the brains on this planet. Not 17%.

This guy looks like he read an article on how to present and exaggerated everything. He seems awkward and ungenuine in the way he presents. This is too distracting from the subject he is trying to explain. lol

TOTALLY USELESS.