# Beware conflicts of interest

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2011
- Speaker: Dan Ariely
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Economics, Psychology and the brain
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_beware_conflicts_of_interest)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In this short talk, psychologist Dan Ariely tells two personal stories that explore scientific conflict of interest: How the pursuit of knowledge and insight can be affected, consciously or not, by shortsighted personal goals. When we're thinking about the big questions, he reminds us, let's be aware of our all-too-human brains.

## Lectures

1. [Beware conflicts of interest](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/dan_ariely_beware_conflicts_of_interest/8241357a9dca), 6 min (TED's player)