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Nobody's Fool: Why We Get Taken In & What We Can Do About It

in partnership with the League of Women Voters

2024-09-19 19:00:00 2024-09-19 20:00:00 America/Chicago Nobody's Fool: Why We Get Taken In & What We Can Do About It We're all susceptible to misinformation, often spreading it unknowingly. While stopping it entirely is impossible, we can learn how deception works, recognize the signs, and empower ourselves. Zoom Webinar -

Thursday, September 19
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-09-19 19:00:00 2024-09-19 20:00:00 America/Chicago Nobody's Fool: Why We Get Taken In & What We Can Do About It We're all susceptible to misinformation, often spreading it unknowingly. While stopping it entirely is impossible, we can learn how deception works, recognize the signs, and empower ourselves. Zoom Webinar -

We're all susceptible to misinformation, often spreading it unknowingly. While stopping it entirely is impossible, we can learn how deception works, recognize the signs, and empower ourselves.

Join us for a talk with Professor Dan Simons, co-author of Nobody's Fool: Why We Get Taken In and What We Can Do About It, brought to you in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Illinois Mis/Disinformation Task Force. 

About Dr. Daniel J. Simons

Dr. Daniel J. Simons is a professor of psychology at the University of Illinois where he heads the Visual Cognition Laboratory. In addition to his position in the Department of Psychology, he has courtesy appointments in the Charles H. Sandage Department of Advertising and the Gies College of Business. His research explores the limits of awareness and memory, the reasons why we often are unaware of those limits, and the implications of such limits for our personal and professional lives.

Dr. Simons received his BA from Carleton College and his Ph.D. in experimental psychology from Cornell University. He spent five years on the faculty at Harvard University before moving to Illinois in 2002. He is a Fellow and Charter Member of the Association for Psychological Science, a fellow of the Psychonomic Society, an Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, and he has received many awards for his research and teaching, including the 2003 Early Career Award from the American Psychological Association. He and his co-author Christopher Chabris received the 2004 Ig Nobel Award (given for research that "first makes you laugh and then makes you think"). He was the founding editor in chief of the APS journal, Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science.

He is the co-author, with Christopher Chabris, of the 2023 book Nobody's Fool: Why We Get Taken In and What We Can Do About It as well as the 2010 New York Times bestseller, The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us. He has published more than 100 scholarly papers and has penned articles for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, Smithsonian Magazine, and the Chronicle of Higher Education, and many other outlets. His work has been featured in science museums worldwide. In addition to his talks for academic audiences, he speaks regularly to companies, organizations, societies, and the broader public.

Dr. Simons has won awards for his teaching and mentoring, and he currently teaches undergraduate statistics and graduate courses on research practices, speaking and writing for broad audiences, and special topics related to attention and awareness (including a course on psychology and magic).


This program is brought  to you in partnership with the League of Women Voters of Illinois Mis/Disinformation Task Force. To address the troubling rise of misinformation and disinformation and its impact on our elections, the League of Women Voters of Illinois formed a Mis/Disinformation Task Force in January 2024 with the goal of educating the general public on mis/disinformation. For more information or to ask a question, visit https://www.lwvil.org/misdis-info. Founded 104 years ago, the 3,800-member League of Women Voters of Illinois encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase the understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. Our website address is www.lwvil.org.

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Sat, May 10, 10:00am - 11:00am
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Sat, May 10, 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor

Sat, May 10, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Sat, May 10, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Mon, May 12, 10:00am - 10:30am
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Mon, May 12, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Mon, May 12, 6:00pm - 8:45pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Mon, May 12, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Tue, May 13, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Tue, May 13, 3:00pm - 3:30pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Tue, May 13, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Reference Area - Second Floor

Tue, May 13, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Tue, May 13, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor

Wed, May 14, 10:00am - 11:30am
Zoom Room 2 - Fiction & Media

Wed, May 14, 10:30am - 11:00am
Story Corner - Second Floor

Wed, May 14, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Wed, May 14, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Lobby - First Floor

Wed, May 14, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Wed, May 14, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor
This event is full

Wed, May 14, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Thu, May 15, 10:00am - 11:00am
Pollak Room AB - First Floor
This event is full

Thu, May 15, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Thu, May 15, 4:15pm - 5:15pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Thu, May 15, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Pollak Room A - First Floor
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Thu, May 15, 7:00pm - 8:45pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Thu, May 15, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Civic Room - First Floor

Fri, May 16, 10:00am - 11:00am
Pollak Room AB - First Floor
Registration is now closed

Fri, May 16, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Sat, May 17, 10:30am - 11:15am
Auditorium - First Floor

Sun, May 18, 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Sun, May 18, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor

Mon, May 19, 10:00am - 11:30am
Civic Room - First Floor

Mon, May 19, 11:00am - 11:30am
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Mon, May 19, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Mon, May 19, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Mon, May 19, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Tue, May 20, 10:00am - 11:30am
Zoom Room 2 - Fiction & Media
This event is full

Tue, May 20, 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Tue, May 20, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Reference Area - Second Floor

Tue, May 20, 3:30pm - 4:00pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Tue, May 20, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Zoom Room 5 - Youth Services

Tue, May 20, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Tue, May 20, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Civic Room - First Floor
This event is full

Wed, May 21, 10:30am - 11:00am
Story Corner - Second Floor

Wed, May 21, 12:30pm - 3:30pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor,Study Room 2 - Second Floor

Wed, May 21, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Lobby - First Floor

Wed, May 21, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Wed, May 21, 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Pollak Room A - First Floor
This event is full

Wed, May 21, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Wed, May 21, 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Thu, May 22, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor
This event is full

Thu, May 22, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Fri, May 23, 10:00am - 11:00am
Pollak Room AB - First Floor
Registration is now closed

Fri, May 23, 10:00am - 10:30am
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor
This event is full

Sat, May 24, 1:30pm - 3:00pm
Interactive Classroom - Second Floor

Mon, May 26, All day

Tue, May 27, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Reference Area - Second Floor

Wed, May 28, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Wed, May 28, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor

Wed, May 28, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Thu, May 29, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Civic Room - First Floor

Thu, May 29, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Pollak Room A - First Floor

Thu, May 29, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Fri, May 30, 10:00am - 11:00am
Pollak Room AB - First Floor
Registration is now closed

Sat, May 31, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Rescheduled
Sun, Jun 01, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
New date Sunday, June 15, 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Mon, Jun 02, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Youth Services Activity Room - Second Floor

Tue, Jun 03, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Reference Area - Second Floor

Wed, Jun 04, All day
Youth Services Area - Second Floor

Wed, Jun 04, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Reference Area - Second Floor

Wed, Jun 04, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Collaboratory - Second Floor

Thu, Jun 05, All day
Youth Services Area - Second Floor

Thu, Jun 05, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Auditorium - First Floor

Thu, Jun 05, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Zoom Room 2 - Fiction & Media

Fri, Jun 06, All day
Youth Services Area - Second Floor

Fri, Jun 06, 10:00am - 10:30am
Gazebo

Fri, Jun 06, 10:00am - 11:00am
Pollak Room AB - First Floor
Registration is now closed

Sat, Jun 07, 10:00am - 10:30am
Story Corner - Second Floor

Sun, Jun 08, 1:30pm - 4:30pm
Pollak Room AB - First Floor