Learning Can Make You Dumber (The Einstellung Effect)

Watch my newest video, “The Problem Newton Got Wrong“: Get Your Curiosity Box: NOW YOU’RE THINKING! I’m an idiot -- and you should be, too. Sometimes. Thinking is hard, and thinking with a free, open mind might be the hardest thing of all. The Einstellung Effect can create cognitive illusions that blind us to different points of view. It prevents us from seeing simpler solutions or alternative ways to solve a problem. And the more we know about