Christopher Chabris: On the Science of Deception

Guest on this week’s podcast is psychology professor and chess master Christopher Chabris. Together with colleague Daniel Simons, he created one of psychology’s most famous experiments: “the invisible gorilla”. Their new book »Nobody’s fool« (Swedish title: »Förd bakom ljuset«) compiles their research on the human mind´s vulnerability to deception and provides the reader with tools to become fraud resilient. 

Why are we easily fooled? How do we avoid scammers and when should we question our beliefs?

Photo by: Josiah Lewis