[Sci-tech-public] THIS AFTERNOON! Thinking Fast Makes Changing Slow with Dr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff, 2016 Morison Prize Lecture

[Gus Zahariadis]

Good morning!

Please join us this afternoon at 4pm, in E14, MIT Media Lab 6th Floor Lecture Hall, for the 
STS Program’s 2016 Morison Prize Lecture with Dr. Lydia Villa-Komaroff.  

Following the lecture, please enjoy a wine reception in the Winter Garden Room.

We look forward to seeing you there!


Thinking Fast Makes Changing Slow
Lydia Villa-Komaroff

American research, and educational institutions and industries have encountered difficulties in attracting and retaining individuals from under-represented groups. This is particularly true in STEM disciplines, despite decades of well-meaning efforts by government, universities, and employers.  Why is this?  One possible reason rarely is mentioned: psychologists and other social scientists have long recognized that humans make systematic errors in judgement. Hard-wired, simple, efficient rules that all humans use to make decisions (“thinking fast”) may lead to misjudgments about the capacity and potential of individuals from under-represented groups. Scientists in the “hard” sciences have been particularly resistant to the notion that the way humans make decisions can result in biases that lead to discrimination. Several real world examples demonstrate that academic institutions can make remarkable progress in recruiting under-represented groups as students and faculty when they recognize and compensate for the realities of how the human mind works.





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Gus Zahariadis
Assistant to the Director
Program in Science, Technology, and Society

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