John A. Paulos — Avoiding Innumeracy (EP. 219)
Professor, Mathematician and Writer John A. Paulos joins the show to discuss math education, the power of puzzles, cognitive biases, and MUCH more!
Important Links:
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Show Notes:
Why Do People Hate Math?
The Power of Posing Problems with Counterintuitive or Shocking Results
Using Everyday Examples to Understand Math Concepts
Systems Designed to Take Advantage of Innumeracy
People's Ignorance of Randomness and Random Samples
The Strange Power of Anchoring Bias
Tradeoffs between Probability and Plausibility
The Prisoner's Dilemma & Math Anxiety
Improving the Monty…
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