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Sandro Ambuehl

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Freakonomics Radio
EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)

So what did this tell Ambulance? This result looks like incentives are causing bad decisions. But if you're an economist, as Ambul is, these are, in fact, good decisions. How so? If I offer you very little for doing something you might not like, well, what you want to make sure is that you don't say yes by mistake. You're okay with saying no because there's not much to gain.

Freakonomics Radio
EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)

So what did this tell Ambulance? This result looks like incentives are causing bad decisions. But if you're an economist, as Ambul is, these are, in fact, good decisions. How so? If I offer you very little for doing something you might not like, well, what you want to make sure is that you don't say yes by mistake. You're okay with saying no because there's not much to gain.

Freakonomics Radio
EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)

Now, if I offer you a lot of money, saying no by mistake all of a sudden is quite expensive. And so you become more interested in learning about the upsides rather than the downsides of the transaction.

Freakonomics Radio
EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)

Now, if I offer you a lot of money, saying no by mistake all of a sudden is quite expensive. And so you become more interested in learning about the upsides rather than the downsides of the transaction.

Freakonomics Radio
EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)

Now, if I offer you a lot of money, saying no by mistake all of a sudden is quite expensive. And so you become more interested in learning about the upsides rather than the downsides of the transaction.

Freakonomics Radio
EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)

In psychology, there's this phenomenon called the mirror exposure effect. And what it says is just as you are exposed to something over longer and longer time periods, you start liking it. And Ambul had noticed as he ran his insect experiments that the mirror exposure effect was working on him. So I was sitting there for a large number of hours putting insects into little plastic containers.

Freakonomics Radio
EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)

In psychology, there's this phenomenon called the mirror exposure effect. And what it says is just as you are exposed to something over longer and longer time periods, you start liking it. And Ambul had noticed as he ran his insect experiments that the mirror exposure effect was working on him. So I was sitting there for a large number of hours putting insects into little plastic containers.

Freakonomics Radio
EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)

In psychology, there's this phenomenon called the mirror exposure effect. And what it says is just as you are exposed to something over longer and longer time periods, you start liking it. And Ambul had noticed as he ran his insect experiments that the mirror exposure effect was working on him. So I was sitting there for a large number of hours putting insects into little plastic containers.

Freakonomics Radio
EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)

I started snacking voluntarily on the house crickets.

Freakonomics Radio
EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)

I started snacking voluntarily on the house crickets.

Freakonomics Radio
EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)

I started snacking voluntarily on the house crickets.

Freakonomics Radio
EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)

Have you heard about the insect cheeses? That, again, is the economist Sandro Ambul. There's two somewhat well-known insect cheeses. And I think Sicily, they eat what's called Casamarzu. Actually, it's Sardinia where they eat Casamarzu. Which is cheese that they let sit and then flies come and lay their eggs into the cheese.

Freakonomics Radio
EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)

Have you heard about the insect cheeses? That, again, is the economist Sandro Ambul. There's two somewhat well-known insect cheeses. And I think Sicily, they eat what's called Casamarzu. Actually, it's Sardinia where they eat Casamarzu. Which is cheese that they let sit and then flies come and lay their eggs into the cheese.

Freakonomics Radio
EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)

Have you heard about the insect cheeses? That, again, is the economist Sandro Ambul. There's two somewhat well-known insect cheeses. And I think Sicily, they eat what's called Casamarzu. Actually, it's Sardinia where they eat Casamarzu. Which is cheese that they let sit and then flies come and lay their eggs into the cheese.

Freakonomics Radio
EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)

And then you have the maggots crawling around and people eat that cheese with the maggots. In some parts of Germany, meanwhile? The Germans have mite cheese. So they have living mites in the cheese.

Freakonomics Radio
EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)

And then you have the maggots crawling around and people eat that cheese with the maggots. In some parts of Germany, meanwhile? The Germans have mite cheese. So they have living mites in the cheese.

Freakonomics Radio
EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)

And then you have the maggots crawling around and people eat that cheese with the maggots. In some parts of Germany, meanwhile? The Germans have mite cheese. So they have living mites in the cheese.

Freakonomics Radio
EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)

are often fed? It's chicken litter. So the feces of chicken are processed and are then fed to cattle. And then you eat the cattle that have been fed on chicken.

Freakonomics Radio
EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)

are often fed? It's chicken litter. So the feces of chicken are processed and are then fed to cattle. And then you eat the cattle that have been fed on chicken.

Freakonomics Radio
EXTRA: The Downside of Disgust (Update)

are often fed? It's chicken litter. So the feces of chicken are processed and are then fed to cattle. And then you eat the cattle that have been fed on chicken.