Jason Collins presents Bad Behavioural Science: Failures, bias & fairy tales

The Sydney BE Network welcomes Jason Collins (representing himself!) to present on 11 May at our usual home, The Occidental.

Come along to hear Jason humble some of your favorite BE stories and experiments. He doesn't want to turn your world upside down, he's really just trying to help! #DontHateJason.

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Remember to purchase your food and drinks upstairs in our venue room. As always, open to all and no charge. Please share with your friends, colleagues and contacts.

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Bad Behavioural Science: Failures, bias and fairy tales

If you read the behavioural science literature (or attend meetups), you will hear many classic stories. How a few words relating to the elderly can make us walk slower. How more choice in jam can lead us to buy none. How 99.98% of Austrians are organ donors because Austria has an opt-out arrangement. And how basketballers with a 'hot hand' are an illusion.

At the May Sydney Behavioural Economics and Behavioural Science Meetup, Jason Collins will take great joy in puncturing some of these stories. From failures to replicate to stories that are simply made up, Jason will explore how the evidence in behavioural science is not always as clear as it seems.

Bio

Jason Collins is an economist who has completed a PhD in economics and evolutionary biology to understand the foundations of human decision making. He blogs on economics, evolution and behavioural science at Evolving Economics (http://www.jasoncollins.org). In previous lives Jason has worked as a lawyer, campaigner with Greenpeace and adviser in the Australian Treasury. Until recently, Jason was co-lead of PwC's behavioural economics practice, and he now works for an employer who would like Jason to point out that all views he will express at this meetup are his own.