2010 TEDTalks Top 31

TEDTalks 2008.4.15---Michael Shermer: 為什麼人們相信怪事
Michael Shermer: Why people believe strange things 2008.4.15
Why do people see the Virgin Mary on cheese sandwiches or hear demonic lyrics in "Stairway to Heaven"? Using video, images and music, professional skeptic Michael Shermer explores these and other phenomena, including UFOs and alien sightings. He offers cognitive context: In the absence of sound science, incomplete information can combine with the power of suggestion (helping us hear those Satanic lyrics in Led Zeppelin). In fact, he says, humans tend to convince ourselves to believe: We overvalue the "hits" that support our beliefs, and discount the more numerous "misses."

邁克爾謝默：為什麼人認為奇怪的事情2008年4月15日
為什麼人們看到了聖母瑪利亞在奶酪三明治或聽到惡魔的歌詞，“天國的階梯“？利用視頻，圖像和音樂，專業探討這些懷疑論者邁克爾謝默等現象，包括UFO和外星人踪跡。他提供了認知方面：在缺乏可靠的科學資料不全，可以結合力量的建議（幫助我們聽到那些歌詞撒旦在齊柏林飛船）。事實上，他說，人類往往會說服自己相信：我們高估了“點擊”支持我們的信念，折扣越多“的失誤。“