BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.8//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news747@psychologie.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260326T115430 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260414T180000 SUMMARY:The Bernoulli Network for the Behavioral Sciences DESCRIPTION:The Bernoulli Network for the Behavioral Sciences invites you t o the research talk \\r\\n"Deliberate Ignorance: Why We Choose Not to Kno w"\\r\\nheld by Prof. Dr. Ralph Hertwig from Max Planck Institute for Huma n Development .\\r\\nNo registration required.\\r\\nDeliberate Ignorance: Why We Choose Not to KnowProf. Dr. Ralph Hertwig\, Max Planck Institute fo r Human Development \\r\\nAristotle claimed that humans “by nature desi re to know.” Hobbes called curiosity “the lust of the mind\,” and Ma slow described our urge to know as an instinct-like “burning curiosity. ” Yet we often choose not to know. We often decline potentially painful medical information. Günter Grass did not want to read his Stasi file. Pa ul Feyerabend cautioned against trying to know everything about those clos e to us. Deliberate ignorance is far from rare—especially in consequenti al decisions. This talk will ask: When is not knowing reasonable\, and whe n is it reckless? Can individuals or societies ever have a moral obligatio n to remain ignorant? Who is homo ignorans—what distinguishes seekers fr om non-seekers of information? Which psychological mechanisms lead us to a vert our gaze\, and how can these processes be modeled? How prevalent is d eliberate ignorance in times of societal transformation\, and how does it evolve from childhood through old age?\\r\\nLiterature: Hertwig\, R.\, & E ngel\, C. (2016). Homo ignorans: Deliberately choosing not to know. Perspe ctives on Psychological Science\, 11(3)\, 359–372.https://doi.org/10.117 7/1745691616635594 [https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1745691616635 594] X-ALT-DESC:

The Bernoulli Network for the Behavioral Sciences invites you to the research talk \;

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"Deliberate Ignorance: Why We Choose Not to Know"

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held by Prof. Dr. Ralph Hertwig from Max Planck Institute for Human Development .

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No reg istration required.

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Deliberate Ignorance: Why We Choose No t to Know
Prof. Dr. Ralph Hertwig\, Max Planck Institute for Human Development \;

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Aristotle claimed that humans “by natu re desire to know.” Hobbes called curiosity “the lust of the mind\,” and Maslow described our urge to know as an instinct-like “burning curi osity.” Yet we often choose not to know. We often decline potentially pa inful medical information. Günter Grass did not want to read his Stasi fi le. Paul Feyerabend cautioned against trying to know everything about thos e close to us. Deliberate ignorance is far from rare—especially in conse quential decisions. This talk will ask: When is not knowing reasonable\, a nd when is it reckless? Can individuals or societies ever have a moral obl igation to remain ignorant? Who is homo ignorans—what distinguishes seek ers from non-seekers of information? Which psychological mechanisms lead u s to avert our gaze\, and how can these processes be modeled? How prevalen t is deliberate ignorance in times of societal transformation\, and how do es it evolve from childhood through old age?

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Literature: Hertwig\, R.\, &\; Engel\, C. (2016). Homo ignorans: Deliberately choosing not t o know. Perspectives on Psychological Science\, 11(3)\, 359–372.
https:// doi.org/10.1177/1745691616635594

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