Dr Daniel Oppenheimer, Associate Professor of Psychology, Princeton Visits Oxy Campus 1/24/12
January 18th, 2012 at 12:26DEMOCRACY DESPITE ITSELF
This talk will attempt to reconcile a seeming paradox about democracies:
1) Voters are typically uninformed and irrational in their voting, politicians aren’t particularly adept at understanding or implementing the will of their constituents, and elections are inherently biased.
but
2) The governments chosen by those flawed voters, in those flawed elections, and consisting of those flawed politicians consistently lead to better outcomes for their citizens than governments chosen any other way.
Using insights from cognitive science, psychology, and political psychology, this talk will discuss some of the counterintuitive reasons that democracies are so successful.
Fowler 202
Tuesday, January 24th
5:00pm – 6:45pm
Refreshments will be served.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME!