Name: A monkey economy as irrational as ours
Uploaded: 2010-07-29T08:47:00Z
Duration: 19 min 28 s
Description: Laurie Santos looks for the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primate relatives make decisions. A clever series of experiments in "monkeynomics" shows that some of the silly choices we make, monkeys make too.

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Laurie Santos looks for the roots of human irrationality by watching the way our primate relatives make decisions. A clever series of experiments in "monkeynomics" shows that some of the silly choices we make, monkeys make too.

Laurie Santos: A monkey economy as irrational as ours

A monkey economy as irrational as ours

Monkeys, like humans, exhibit irrational financial behaviors, challenging the notion of our superior economic decision-making.

The roots of human irrationality may stem from our primate ancestors, suggesting a 35-million-year-old penchant for poor decisions.

Recognizing and embracing our evolutionary biases could be key to overcoming them, unlocking our true potential for rationality.