![]() Some days I didn’t have treatment, I would work more. On days when I had treatment, I would work less. I went to study philosophy and psychology. It turns out to be not a good way to do math and physics. I had somebody on the blackboard and I would dictate equations for them. In high school, I could do physics and math in my head. After I was in the hospital for a few years and when I left the hospital, I started studying physics and math at the university. I picked academia because I thought it’s a profession that fits my disability. I’m a little bit disappointed I’m not getting to take part in that journey. There had been many interesting advances in biology from molecular biology to genetics to the role of bacteria in our lives. If you weren’t working as a professor, researcher, speaker or author, what would you be doing? He’s the bestselling author of Irrationally Yours, Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality and The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty. Duke Professor of Psychology and Behavioral Economics at Duke University and a founding member of the Center for Advanced Hindsight. ![]() Listen to Episode #53 here Making Interesting Things with Dan Ariely He is the best-selling author of Irrationally Yours, Predictably Irrational, The Upside of Irrationality, and The (Honest) Truth About Dishonesty. ![]()
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