A satisfyingly in-depth, yet short, analysis of an encounter between a security guard and an airline passenger who, under a plea of autonomy, requests her temperature be checked on her wrist and not behind her ear. Dr Eburn concludes that “telling a person what the consequence of their choices are but still leaving it to them to make a choice…is respecting autonomy”. The lady had a choice: either have her temperature measured behind her ear, or do not fly. Read full article here
Education
Overcoming Bias
Kai Cheng’s professor had a brilliant scheme. In his first lecture, he promised that each lecture would feature a “Lie of the Day”. But why? It made his students more attentive and analytical, poring over every detail of his lecture and making sense of why things were true. It was such a powerful teaching method that his students digested his most technical lectures quite easily because they tried so hard to catch his lie. The kicker? There was no lie in that first lecture; he had lied about that too! Read full article here
Merv
August 17, 2022
