The Science of Thinking

Why it was recommended

Veritasium did a great job summarizing the idea

Recommendationbshacklett · Original2019-12

What it covers

A Veritasium explainer on how the brain works and how we learn. It is inspired by Kahneman's Thinking, Fast and Slow and covers System 1 and System 2 thinking and why harder. It is for a general viewer who does not plan to take a prerequisite first.

Video details

Channel

Veritasium

Length

12 min 10 sec

Year

2017

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