Knowing: I Don’t Know What I Think I Know

Each time I watch Dr. Hans Rosling* deliver one of his famous TED Talks, I am reminded that I really don’t know what I think I know.

That’s a good thing because as the headline of this recent Nature article suggests, Three minutes with Hans Rosling will change your mind about the world, sometimes I need a world-refreshing view of the world.

*Dr. Hans Rosling is Professor of International Health at Karolinska Institute and co-founder and chairman of the Gapminder Foundation, which developed the Trendalyzer software system. He is also a medical doctor, academic, statistician, and world-renowned public speaker.

How not to be ignorant about the world | Hans and Ola Rosling

Preconceived Ideas & Ignorance

"Something on the order of more than 80% of our decision-making is irrational. When we encounter anything, a question, a new person, an old friend... we think, act, and make a decision, based upon subprograms which our subconscious automatically runs, entirely beyond the control of our rational thought process." Dr. Robert F. Slattery, MD, Ann Arbor, MI.

Dr. Hans Rosling give you an outstanding visual representation of how our preconceived ideas, our ignorance, "drives" our lives and what you can do to try to bring process under rational control. He is professor of global health at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. Please go here for the video.