Putting Our Assumptions to the Test

Published: March 7, 2022, 7 p.m.

b"Do you ever stop to wonder if the way you see the world is how the world really is? Economist Abhijit Banerjee has spent a lifetime asking himself this question. His answer: Our world views often don't reflect reality. The only way to get more accurate is to think like a scientist \\u2014 even when you're not looking through a microscope."