Ugly Tom And Ugly Jerry Summary

In the TED talk that Dr. Dan Ariely gave about decision making, he stated that people are less in control of their decisions than they think. His argument was that things like context and varying details have strong influences over the decisions that people make. This is an argument that many are hesitant to believe at first. As human beings, we want to believe that we are in control of ourselves and the choices that we make.
However, the examples that Dr. Airely gave back up his argument that external factors can make people pick certain options over another. My favorite example that he used was the example of “Ugly Tom and Ugly Jerry”. In this example, he showed people pictures of individuals named Tom and Jerry and asked which one the person