Emma Levine

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594 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 14 Sep

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Hidden Brain · When It's Okay to Lie · 30 Mar 2026 podcast

Yeah, I think it's incredibly complicated.

I actually recently ran a set of studies looking at physicians' predictions of patient preferences in the U.S.

and in China.

And in the U.S., also looking at their prediction of white patients' preferences versus Chinese American patient preferences.

And it's quite interesting in that in China, the patients do prefer more false hope than in the U.S.

And Chinese doctors get that somewhat accurate.

But in the U.S., the U.S.

doctors think that Chinese American patients also prefer false hope similar to the native Chinese patients.

And they don't.

They look a lot more like false.

white American preferences, closer to preferring honesty.

And so there's just a lot of room for complicated misunderstandings when we try to accommodate these differences.

Sure.

So imagine you have a co-worker who is wearing a scarf that they love, but you think is quite hideous.

Should you tell them your opinion about the scarf?

This is the basic scenario.

And if you just set it up like that, then about 40% of participants think you should lie and pretend you like the scarf.

So already a substantial amount.

But now imagine you know for sure that you're the only one who thinks this and everyone else really likes the scarf.

Then should you tell them?

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