Talks

Michael Shermer: El patrón detrás del auto-engaño.

Filmed Feb 2010 • Posted Jun 2010TED2010
TED2010
  • Embed
  • Download
  • FavoriteFavorited
  • Rate

You can share this video by copying this HTML to your clipboard and pasting into your blog or web page.

560 x 315
640 x 360
853 x 480
Subtitles:
Loading …

You either have JavaScript turned off or have an old version of the Adobe Flash Player. To view this rating widget you need to get the latest Flash player.
If your browser allows only "trusted sites" to execute Javascript, you should add the "googleapis.com" domain to your whitelist to allow our Flash detection to work properly.

TED Conversations

Got an idea, question, or debate inspired by this talk? Start a TED Conversation.

Comment on this Talk

823 total comments

This comment will be attributed to . Not ? Sign Out.

Characters remaining: 2000

progress indicator

This comment will be attributed to . Not ? Sign Out.

Characters remaining: 2000

Michael Shermer explica que la tendencia humana de creer en cosas extrañas (desde abducciones de extraterrestres hasta varillas radiestésicas) se resume en dos de las capacidades de supervivencia más básicas del cerebro. Explica cuáles son y cómo nos meten en problemas.

Michael Shermer debunks myths, superstitions and urban legends, and explains why we believe them. Along with publishing Skeptic Magazine, he's author of Why People Believe Weird Things and The Mind of the Market. Full bio »

Translated into Spanish by Geo Mangiaterra
Reviewed by Jesus Nuevo-Chiquero
Comments? Please email the translators above.

More talks translated into Spanish »

Related playlists New View more »

  • Are you there, God? 9
    Are you there, God?
    Curated by TED For as many people as there are on Earth, there are as many answers to the question: Are you there, God? These talks offer personal perspectives...
  • What makes us happy? 9
    What makes us happy?
    Curated by TED We all want to be happy. But how, exactly, do you go about it? More stuff or less? More choice or less? The answers -- from psychologists,...

What to Watch Next

Play_icon

Michael Shermer: Why people believe weird things

Play_icon

Dan Dennett: Responding to Pastor Rick Warren

Play_icon

Jonathan Haidt: The moral roots of liberals and conservatives

What Your Friends are Watching

Related Tags

Creative Commons

We want you to share our Talks!

Just follow the guidelines outlined under our Creative Commons license.