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Okay. put on your thinking caps, it's time for a pop quiz. a baseball bat and ball cost $1.10 together of the bat cost $1 more than the ball. together they cost $1.10. how much does the ball cost? what is your answer? so i bet you said that the ball costs $0.10. if you did, you'd be dead wrong. don't worry. you have good company. the majority of students at mit and harvard got it wrong, too. the correct answer is the ball costs $0.05. the bat $1.05. if the bat and ball there's only a $0.90 difference between the bat and ball not a dollar. why does everyone get it wrong? the next guest will exp...

harvard physicist. a look at the way your mind works and doesn't. fascinating conversation with nobel prize winner daniel kahneman. a big birthday but an awkward time to throw a big birthday bash. i'll explain. first my take. it's the start of the new year and we will do predictions on this show. i thought i'd try my own hand at some before asking others to risk their reputations. and in the spirit of keeping myself honest, i'm going to look back at what i said and wrote in "time" magazine at the start of last year and see how i did. it's always risky to stick your neck out and h...

the future with a brilliant harvard physicist. then deep inside the way your mind works and sometimes why it doesn't. fascinating conversation with nobel prize winner daniel kahneman. a big birthday but an awkward time to throw a big birthday bash. i'll explain. first here's my take. it's the start of the new year and we will do predictions on this show. i thought i'd try my own hand at some before asking others to risk their reputations. and in the spirit of keeping myself honest, i'm going to look back at what i said and wrote in "time" magazine at the start of last year and se...

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