Food for thought

[Beignet]

Giving the linked interview a listen. I had heard the TED Talk before. The power of a throwaway joke about Applebee's is amazing.

With the current tribalization of the US I’m going to start forcing my friends to offer a firm stance on the subject that truly matters. Waffle House, IHOP, or Denny’s?

Time to find out what these so called “friends” of mine really stand for.

I’m 100% in the Waffle House camp and anyone who isn’t is an enemy of the state.

 

[Hunting Wife]

Interesting how this thread so far is a perfect summation of what he’s talking about. I’m going to call out you folks who can’t make it past the intro. I agree, the intro sucked. But I listened anyway. It’s a guy, talking about ideas. It is possible to listen, disagree (or maybe agree, who knows?), and survive.

I see myself reflected in some of the criticisms he makes. I also see myself in some of the strengths he points out. I suspect the same will be true for just about everyone who actually listens to what he has to say. I thought he made very honest points about the strengths and weaknesses of both political sides. More interesting were his thoughts on human nature and biases in general. I always find it very enlightening to listen to these talks about tribalism, confirmation bias and unwillingness to listen to ideas from outside your echo chamber, and then read through some threads on this forum.

 

[rwc101]

I’m 100% in the Waffle House camp and anyone who isn’t is an enemy of the state.

Good. I was beginning to sharpen my pitchfork...

 

[Hunting Wife]

IHOP, cuz

How you like them apples?

We shall now fight to the death.

 

[mtmuley]

Interesting how this thread so far is a perfect summation of what he’s talking about. I’m going to call out you folks who can’t make it past the intro. I agree, the intro sucked. But I listened anyway. It’s a guy, talking about ideas. It is possible to listen, disagree (or maybe agree, who knows?), and survive.

I see myself reflected in some of the criticisms he makes. I also see myself in some of the strengths he points out. I suspect the same will be true for just about everyone who actually listens to what he has to say. I thought he made very honest points about the strengths and weaknesses of both political sides. More interesting were his thoughts on human nature and biases in general. I always find it very enlightening to listen to these talks about tribalism, confirmation bias and unwillingness to listen to ideas from outside your echo chamber, and then read through some threads on this forum.

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When does it turn to cheese? mtmuley

 

[Hunting Wife]

When does it turn to cheese? mtmuley

There is never a bad time for cheese, good sir.

As long as it’s Tillamook. I’m tribal that way.

 

[mtmuley]

There is never a bad time for cheese, good sir.

As long as it’s Tillamook. I’m tribal that way.

Cheese is the HT deflector. Funny. Or ice-cream. mtmuley

 

[DouglasR]

Tf is this guy talking about “nobody bar fights after a football game”?
What college town did he grow up in?

 

[Carl 9.3x62]

I've never ate at Applebee's but if it's anything like Perkins I will pass.

I love Applebee's

 

[Beignet]

IHOP, cuz

How you like them apples?

We shall now fight to the death.

This is what’s wrong with this country!

Though I’ll give them credit for having a like 2500 calorie country fried steak meal on the menu.

 

[rwc101]

This is what’s wrong with this country!

Though I’ll give them credit for having a like 2500 calorie country fried steak meal on the menu.

Give her a break. She's from this nation's cultural hinterlands.

 

[Hunting Wife]

Give her a break. She's from this nation's cultural hinterlands.

The land of lefse and lutefisk.

Luckily, I did not grow up here

 

[noharleyyet]

Good. I was beginning to sharpen my pitchfork...

Get your greedy eyes off my torch...

 

[rwc101]

The land of lefse and lutefisk.

Luckily, I did not grow up here

I had a pen pal from ND when I was in college. Got a package of lefse for Christmas. Had to pretend it was great.

 

[rwc101]

Anyway, welcoming @VikingsGuy to the radical commie side of HuntTalk.

 

[westbranch]

I always thought Applebees (Olive Garden, Chilis, Outback, TGI Fridays, etc.) was a place for boomers to eat when they travel around the country and want to have consistently bland microwaved food?

 

[Sytes]

I did some analytic work in a past life and we had heuristic avoidance burned into our brains. Not sure critical thinking is part of the broader syllabus of life these days.

TLDR:

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Maybe I need to view this on my computer... The most I could make from this phone view, attempt to zoom in, was blurred, EXCEPT for the "24 cognitive biases stuffing up your thinking"...

Hmmm, blurred biases - maybe there's something to this after all!

 

[Beignet]

Maybe I need to view this on my computer... The most I could make from this phone view, attempt to zoom in, was blurred, EXCEPT for the "24 cognitive biases stuffing up your thinking"...

Hmmm, blurred biases - maybe there's something to this after all!

I just copied and pasted from my phone. Something probably got lost en route. Punch that title in the search engine of your choice and you can probably find a clearer copy.

Though I do think you’re onto an unintentional meaning of the blurred biases there.

 

[Hunting Wife]

I had a pen pal from ND when I was in college. Got a package of lefse for Christmas. Had to pretend it was great.

Be thankful it wasn’t the lutefisk

Any of you guys listen to Jocko? He did a podcast once about cognitive biases. Several parallels in @VikingsGuy video actually.

 

[rwc101]

Be thankful it wasn’t the lutefisk

She is/was a vegan. Only time I can count that as a benefit.