Maria Konnikova

And I'm Maria Konnikova. Yeah.

And I'm Maria Konnikova. Yeah.

And I'm Maria Konnikova. Yeah.

Now that Marge Madness is upon us, we're talking bracket strategies and a whole lot more. Join us and listen to Risky Business on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Now that Marge Madness is upon us, we're talking bracket strategies and a whole lot more. Join us and listen to Risky Business on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Now that Marge Madness is upon us, we're talking bracket strategies and a whole lot more. Join us and listen to Risky Business on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

And I'm Maria Konnikova. We're both journalists and professional poker players. And on our podcast, Risky Business, we talk about taking risks in everything from poker to politics.

And I'm Maria Konnikova. We're both journalists and professional poker players. And on our podcast, Risky Business, we talk about taking risks in everything from poker to politics.

And I'm Maria Konnikova. We're both journalists and professional poker players. And on our podcast, Risky Business, we talk about taking risks in everything from poker to politics.

Now that March Madness is upon us, we're talking bracket strategies and a whole lot more. Join us and listen to Risky Business on the iHeartRadio app. Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Now that March Madness is upon us, we're talking bracket strategies and a whole lot more. Join us and listen to Risky Business on the iHeartRadio app. Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Now that March Madness is upon us, we're talking bracket strategies and a whole lot more. Join us and listen to Risky Business on the iHeartRadio app. Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

When you're about three months old, you start trusting people who look like your parents more than other people.

When you're about three months old, you start trusting people who look like your parents more than other people.

We trust people who seem like us, who look like us, who sound like us much more than we do people who don't. That's something that con artists, by the way, manipulate all the time as well. Oh, you know, you're from New York. I'm from New York. And they might not have ever been to New York, but they try to get those little superficial similarities so that we have a basis for trust.

We trust people who seem like us, who look like us, who sound like us much more than we do people who don't. That's something that con artists, by the way, manipulate all the time as well. Oh, you know, you're from New York. I'm from New York. And they might not have ever been to New York, but they try to get those little superficial similarities so that we have a basis for trust.

trusting your gut. I hate that phrase. And I think it's very misleading and very bad advice because here's what we know from psychology. Our quote unquote gut has very strong reactions and they're sometimes correct and sometimes wrong. And our ability to distinguish the two is at about 50-50. So chance.

trusting your gut. I hate that phrase. And I think it's very misleading and very bad advice because here's what we know from psychology. Our quote unquote gut has very strong reactions and they're sometimes correct and sometimes wrong. And our ability to distinguish the two is at about 50-50. So chance.

We have very little ability to be able to figure out which of our gut feelings are correct and which are not correct.

We have very little ability to be able to figure out which of our gut feelings are correct and which are not correct.