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Error is pointed out, you're still kind of a victim of it. so the way i mean i think the general response that's hopeful is to understand that we've got build decision making environments to account for these errors in human judgment. >> one final thought. does the friendship here strike you as remarkable, unusual? it seems like these two guys thinking as one. >> as the a love story. they're as passionate about each other as if they were lovers and they weren't lovers but they might as well have been. i talked to other academics about their collaboration. they say in this just doesn't happen. ...

A lot of spheres, medical judgments are made differently because of them and financial decisions. the sporting world is changing. there are signs of progress. it's not a depressing story but they themselves would have said correcting for these yourself is virtually impossible. cognitive illusions and the analogy is an optical illusion. if you are experiencing an optical illusion, even when someone points out that is not water on the highway driving through the desert you still see the mirage, right? even when your error is pointed out you are still a victim of it. i think the general response ...

Why frightening? because they were consequential decisions? >> these are the two israeli psychologists who did the initial work on human judgment and decision making. and if there is a central lesson to the work it is fallibility of the human mind when operating with intuition. if you have someone in charge with a finger on the button with pure intuition and does not acknowledge infallibility it is scary. >> let's talk about data versus instinct. i have talked to people that ran the naval air fare in the united states saying i need a lot less engineers and a lot more p.e. majors that i used to...

The origins of people's beliefs combining psychology and economic analysis and working with long side dr. amos verski, he used simple experiments to demonstrate how people make decisions under uncertain circumstances and he forever changed the way we view human judgment. [ applause ] the honorable richard g. lugar. representing the state of indiana for over three decades in the united states senate, richard g. lugar put country above party and self to forge bipartisan consensus. throughout his time in the

The truth is that verdicts are rarely just about evidence or the law. they are about human judgment, and both of the attorneys have to sit there and say, here is my juror. i've got a nursing assistant with eight kids. i've got a safety officer. i've got a woman whose husband is a space attorney who used to carry a conceal and carry weapon but let it lapse. these are the people that we have to talk to. this is the judgement that has to be made. it's what they think of it. it's likely that their judgement is made and their views may have even been formed before this case started. >> and let me a...