{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5d49d0976eab613b6230c51c/5e55d9eee52bf2276b674939?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"What is the knowledge illusion? (with Steve Sloman)","description":"<p>Humans have built hugely complex societies and technologies, but most of us don't even know how a pen or a toilet works! How have we achieved so much despite understanding so little? In this episode, David Yokum sits down with Steve Sloman, author of <a href=\"https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/533524/the-knowledge-illusion-by-steven-sloman-and-philip-fernbach/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Knowledge Illusion</em></a><em> </em>and Professor of Psychology at Brown University to discuss the extensive research on the cognitive biases that convince us we know more than we do.</p>","author_name":"The Policy Lab"}