Full Show: Fooling Ourselves (Rebroadcast)
The science of what we eat, a lack of evidence in medicine, and why useless knowledge isn’t so useless. That’s all this week on Innovation Hub. Read More...
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Show Notes
Willpower isn’t the only thing dictating what you eat. Neuroscientist Rachel Herz says the color, shape, and presentation of food has a major impact on our diet.
Then, there’s not as much evidence-based decision-making in medicine as you might expect. We take a look at why.
Finally, we talk with physics professor Robbert Dijigraaf about why funding basic scientific research can yield powerful results down the road.