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Bet you could explain something as basic as how a zipper works? Or correctly draw something as simple as a bicycle? If you said yes, you likely bet wrong... but don't worry it's not just you! When you stop and think about it, you're probably not that aware of all of the things you don't understand. The fact is we go through our daily lives feeling pretty confident in our knowledge and understanding of the world, but that confidence is mostly an illusion. In this episode of Brain Games, we'll show you firsthand just how the "illusion of knowledge" plagues the human brain and why we fall victim, again and again, to the notion that we understand more than we actually do.

Release Date: 2011-10-09
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
TMDb: 7.4/10
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 60

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Focus Pocus
Episode 1 - Focus Pocus
It's About Time
Episode 2 - It's About Time
Motion Commotion
Episode 3 - Motion Commotion
Don't Be Afraid
Episode 4 - Don't Be Afraid
Power of Persuasion
Episode 5 - Power of Persuasion
What You Don't Know
Episode 6 - What You Don't Know
Battle of the Sexes
Episode 7 - Battle of the Sexes
Seeing is Believing
Episode 8 - Seeing is Believing
You Decide
Episode 9 - You Decide
Use It or Lose It
Episode 10 - Use It or Lose It
Illusion Confusion
Episode 11 - Illusion Confusion
Liar, Liar
Episode 12 - Liar, Liar