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Fear paralysis or more accurately, ambiguity aversion is an entirely natural and a well known feature of the human brain. Well known to marketeers and spin doctors that is.
I blogged about this some time ago. Now here’s a quick 2 min video describing the Ellsberg paradox. Thank you George.
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January 19, 2008 at 1:53 pm
Wati Wara
I think that this Paradox has enormous connection with what school is about. We have this innate mechanism which inhibits our ability to go into the unknown and yet education is really all about taking people into the unknown. Taking a risk, moving into the unknown, conducting experiments and the like.
I have made more detailed comment at http://waraku.blogspot.com/2008/01/ellsberg-paradox-school-and-trust.html
February 4, 2008 at 5:21 am
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