Showing posts with label Human Nature. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Human Nature. Show all posts

Friday, January 8, 2016

How does human mind treat FACTS and STORIES?



Here is a non-IT  article that discusses how Human Mind reacts to stories.


From the Article:

When a fact is plausible, we still need to test it. When a story is plausible, we often assume it’s true.


 I might refuse money to a man who says that his car broke down; I might question him, ask to see his stalled vehicle, or offer him a ride to a gas station. But I’m unlikely to refuse if the man says that he is trying to make it to his sick child. I can dismiss your hard logic, but not how you feel. 
Give me a list of reasons, and I can argue with it. Give me a good story, and I can no longer quite put my finger on what, if anything, should set off my alarm bells.

Check the link below
http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/how-stories-deceive