How the brain works, how we learn, and why we sometimes make stupid mistakes. Submit ideas: http://ve42.co/GotIdeas Apply to work with me: http://ve42.co/JoinUs Thanks to Patreon supporters: Nathan Hansen, Donal Botkin, Tony Fadell, Zach Mueller, Ron Neal Support Veritasium on Patreon: http://bit.ly/VePatreon This video was inspired by the book Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Harpist: Lara Somogyi http://ve42.co/Lara Animator: Jesse Agar http://ve42.co/ThisPlace Filmed by Raquel Nuno Music by Kevin MacLeod, http://incompetech.com/ "Sneaky Adventure" "Harlequin"