If you ever struggle to make decisions, here's a talk for you. Cognitive scientist Tom Griffiths shows how we can apply the logic of computers to untangle tricky human problems, sharing three practical strategies for making better decisions — on everything from finding a home to choosing which restaurant to go to tonight.
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Its simple calculus
No, it is optimal procedures
Why stupid people have all the fun
Don’t be a robot. Be a flesh-and-blood human. Follow your instinct, then learn to love your decision. It can be your house, wife, a restaurant, anything. You won’t regret.
Event Hʘriךּon who are you Richard Dawkins off spring?
You can figure out what your instincts are doing if you’re a bit introspective. If the examples in the video were a bit more complex it would just be the common sense of rational people, and to a person who doesn’t think about their own thoughts very much that’s basically instinct.
I’d rather be a robot.
We’re already moist robots.
Most are optimized to follow their instincts of fears & addictions, first & foremost.
@Event Hʘriךּon and @Nashy119 You two made great points. I’m not against rationality or logical thinking. But I want to welcome the randomness of life more than a robot. By following my instinct, I make okay but not perfect decision, save at least 37% of my time, enjoy some randomness of life, and build up robustness in case I’m hit with catastrophe.
That was a realy good talk
“enny meeny miny moe”
Works too.
Heads or tails leaves out racial bias.
The more I learn the more I wish I was stupid.
I don’t agree, but I COMPLETELY understand.
The more I learn, the more I realise how stupid I am.
ignorance truly is bliss.
same thing as diogenes of sinope and gian volkmer
Thanks you very much
Does he relate to Andy Griffiths the writer?
Always pick C in a multiple choice
What about true or false questions?
the are pathway choices a computer makes that we can’t explain. this guy must be selling a self-help book. Specious.
Granted that most people say that computer is the best fool that title is clickbait
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thx for the cookie
I do have time for binary =)
Yeah, I hated how Sopranos ended, as well.
but what are the 3 principles? he should put them together at the end. Anyone can help?
Very probably, the title was not written by the speaker. There are no “three principles” – there is no reduction. There are potentially uncountable. For reasons of space, he mentioned only a few. To have a fuller list, well read his book, which is an important masterpiece: “Algorithms to Live By”. It has been out for many years now.
Does the book have less naive algorithms that the examples in the video? For example, if you haven’t got long in a place you’ll want to go back to somewhere you know is good like the video says. However, if you’re not familiar with the place there should be more branches on your decision tree, it might still be best to try a bunch.
@Nashy119, this is a 12 mins presentation, the book is full of content and yes, it is quite smart and no it’s not dumb. Of course, as per your example, you will want to “try a bunch”: it is what explicitly in the video presentation is called “exploration”; the algorithm presented is “the amount of exploration vs exploitation shall be determined by the amount of available future occasions”. The principle is ( / in this case appears) basic, the applications potentially very many.
The best way out is always through.
Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fear.
Tough times never last, but tough people do.
Dream big and dare to fail.
Our greatest glory is not in never failing but in rising up every time we fail.
The world has the habit of making room for the man whose words and actions show that he knows where he is going.
The Secret of Success
“For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease.
So when you have finished [your duties], then stand up [for worship].
And to your Lord direct [your] longing.”
(The Noble Quran. Surah Ash Sharh. Verse 5-8)
Listen to the voice of the Noble Quran.
Maybe your life will be changed If God allows.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVY8pwx9B74
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omh4oG8T_Fw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXWTxB6oS6I
The Quran literally predicted Trump, his perseverance, and triumph through such adversity.
Wow.
Great talk.
As a Computer Scientist I too approach life problems with logic. However, having now read 37% of the greatest books on Psychology and Human Behaviour, I now just go with my gut.
He hasn’t learned to follow his heart in making his decisions. And he hasn’t learned to make a decision without thinking about 100 possible alternatives that might be out there. Usually two or three alternatives pops into your mind when you are going to do something, and you go with one of them. You pick the alternative that makes you happy and/or what you feel like doing in the moment. Regarding buying a property or a flat, you decide what you want to buy and where you want to buy it, roughly. Then you just go looking at different one’s until you come to the place where you feel at home (the feeling it like: Yes, this is it! I wanna live here. This is mine!). You just know that this is the right place for you to live. Off course it has to be within your means, therefore you don’t go looking at those properties or flats you can’t afford to buy. Keep looking until you just know it is the right place for you. Be confident that you will find it. Your thinking is important. It might take some time, but you will find it.
Your feelings will tell you what you want, if you learn how to listen to them. That is why it is recommended by many to: Follow you heart. What do I choose? Follow your heart. Just like you did when you chose your wife. I assume you followed your heart then, and not your intellect. This goes for almost anything else you have to choose from in life too. Trying to do it like a computer would do it will just make the decisions harder and it will take much more time than necessary. And I think it will more often than not be the wrong choice for you. Your feelings will tell you what you want.
Regarding choosing what items to keep if you don’t have enough space for everything, this might be the best question you can ask yourself: Which items is it that I can not live without? And if you have space for more than that, ask yourself which items could I be needing the most in the future. And don’t forget that items can be fixed and they can reappear as a totally new item if you are a creative thinker and a bit handy.
this guys brain is HUUUGGEEE!!!
Great now we have humans thinking like robots and robots thinking like humans.
I dump the girl
Who put out with the longest ago, optimally utilize them in rank
By those who comply with the least time-consuming friction and resistance
Such as meals, excuses, drama, on their period, and questions about our future