{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5c362f461c6664525a4df5ec/67575d972dd88df13238058c?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"How do we make better decisions?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5c362f461c6664525a4df5ec/1733778811178-81649259-0984-4928-abe5-35d0a8819f69.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In <em>Berkeley Talks</em> episode 215, a cross-disciplinary panel of UC Berkeley professors, whose expertise ranges from political science to philosophy, discuss how they view decision-making from their respective fields, and how we can use these approaches to make better, more informed choices.&nbsp;</p><p>Panelists include:&nbsp;</p><ul><li><strong>Wes Holliday, professor of philosophy.</strong> Holliday studies group decision-making, including the best methods of voting, especially in the democratic context.&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Marika Landau-Wells, assistant professor of political science. </strong>Landau-Wells studies the effect that threat perception has on national security decision-making, and how some decisions we make to protect ourselves can endanger many others.</li><li><strong>Saul Perlmutter, Franklin W. and Karen Weber Dabby Professor of Physics and 2011 Nobel laureate. </strong>Perlmutter co-teaches a Big Ideas course, called <a href=\"https://curricularconnections.berkeley.edu/big-ideas-courses/sense-and-sensibility-and-science/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Sense and Sensibility and Science</a>, designed to equip students with basic tools to be better thinkers by exploring key aspects of scientific thinking.</li><li><strong>Linda Wilbrecht, professor of neuroscience and psychology.</strong> An adolescent scientist, Wilbrecht studies how adolescent learning and decision-making changes from ages 8 to 18, and how it compares to that of adults and children.&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Jennifer Johnson-Hanks, executive dean of the College of Letters and Science </strong>(moderator).</li></ul><p>The campus event was held on Oct. 9 as part of the <a href=\"https://ls.berkeley.edu/Salons\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">College of Letters and Science’s Salon Series</a>, which brings together faculty and students from a swath of disciplines to interrogate and explore universal questions or ideas from disparate perspectives.</p><p><a href=\"https://news.berkeley.edu/2024/12/13/berkeley-talks-making-better-decisions/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to the episode and read the transcript on <em>UC Berkeley News</em></a> (news.berkeley.edu/podcasts).</p><p><a href=\"https://www.sessions.blue/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Music by Blue Dot Sessions.</a></p><p>College of Letters and Science photo.</p>","author_name":"UC Berkeley"}