When you think of yourself making decisions, you would think that you have full control of the situation. However, this TED talk made me realize that that isn't always the case. One of the points in the video was how sometimes our senses fool us into thinking one thing, when it's really another. In the video he supported this by showing the audience different optical illusions. He talked about how our natural intuition was to think one thing, but he proved to us that our intuition was wrong.
He also showed the results of a poll when he changed the wording of the choices. The first poll said something along the lines of, "Check this box if you want to be an organ donor" while the second poll said something along the lines of, "Check this box if you do not want to be an organ donor" After comparing the 2 polls, the conclusion was amazing! The first poll didn't have many donors at all, while the second poll had an extreme abundance of organ donors. I was shocked to see the significant difference that occurred just by adding 2 words to the statement.
After proving that our senses may be wrong sometimes, he posed the bigger question of, "Are we really in control of our own decisions?" Sometimes our head says one thing, but our heart says another. So which one do we listen to? In a tragedy, it's common that the protagonist chooses the wrong choice of the 2. This results in the fall of the protagonist. The protagonist deals with the pressures of everyone who looks up to him. They essentially control the decisions of the protagonist, whether it be directly or indirectly.
He also showed the results of a poll when he changed the wording of the choices. The first poll said something along the lines of, "Check this box if you want to be an organ donor" while the second poll said something along the lines of, "Check this box if you do not want to be an organ donor" After comparing the 2 polls, the conclusion was amazing! The first poll didn't have many donors at all, while the second poll had an extreme abundance of organ donors. I was shocked to see the significant difference that occurred just by adding 2 words to the statement.
After proving that our senses may be wrong sometimes, he posed the bigger question of, "Are we really in control of our own decisions?" Sometimes our head says one thing, but our heart says another. So which one do we listen to? In a tragedy, it's common that the protagonist chooses the wrong choice of the 2. This results in the fall of the protagonist. The protagonist deals with the pressures of everyone who looks up to him. They essentially control the decisions of the protagonist, whether it be directly or indirectly.