Peter Leeson

4 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jan 2, 2019 by Peter Leeson · said 1 times in 1 episodes since 2019 · across every show →

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Jan 2, 2019
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Seemingly Irrational Historical Rituals Are Actually Rational Economic Behaviors
“People engage in all kinds of stuff that seems batshit crazy, but if you examine it through the lens of economics, if you just think about it in terms of basic constraints, you know, the limitations that people confront given their environments and the incenti…”
Peter Leeson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 1:06 a16z Podcast | The Why Behind the Weird
Jan 2, 2019
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Polygraphs Work by Manipulating Incentives Through Shared Belief, Not Biological Measurement
“You can't physiologically measure whether or not someone is lying or telling the truth. But the thing is, as long as people believe that they're real, then just like ordeals, they have the power to affect our incentives.”
Peter Leeson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 22:30 a16z Podcast | The Why Behind the Weird
Jan 2, 2019
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Economist Peter Leeson Documented Hundreds of Renaissance Insect and Rodent Trials
“I documented several hundred at least, and the trials often lasted long. They could, they certainly would last weeks. They could last many months”
Peter Leeson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 3:48 a16z Podcast | The Why Behind the Weird
Jan 2, 2019
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Medieval Ordeals Sought Facts While Witch Trials Extorted Forced Confessions
“Ordeals are about finding fact when you don't know. They're about doing the same thing that contemporary legal systems do. But witch trials were about basically extorting confessions from people that you wanted to hear.”
Peter Leeson Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 20:28 a16z Podcast | The Why Behind the Weird
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