[Catalyst Talk] David Sumpter: How do you think?

How do you think?

A talk with David Sumpter

Catalyst  / Thurs 19th Sept / 5:00 - 6:15 pm

What is the best way to think about the world? How often do we consider how our own thinking might impact the way we approach our daily decisions? Could it help or hinder our relationships, our careers, or even our health?

Thinking about thinking is something we rarely do, yet it is something science questions all the time. Mathematician David Sumpter has spent decades studying the way we think, and reveals the four approaches we take to our problems: statistical, interactive, chaotic and complex.

David explores the meaning of each one, and explains how being aware of the way you think can help you make sense of the world around you and approach life decisions in a more thoughtful way.

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ABOUT

Professor David Sumpter is the author of various books on mathematics and data analysis. His research work, including more than 100 scientific articles, covers everything from the inner workings of fish schools and ant colonies, through social psychology and segregation in society, to machine learning and artificial intelligence. He has consulted for leading football clubs and national teams, including English FA, Ajax, Barcelona, Hammarby in Sweden and a leading Premier League club. He works actively with outreach to schools, industry and the social sector. His talks at Google, TedX, the Oxford Mathematics Public Lecture and The Royal Institution are available online. He has featured in documentaries for Amazon Prime and written for The Economist 1843, The Telegraph, The Guardian, The I-Paper, The Conversation, Prospect, Mathematics Today and FourFourTwo magazine.

GOOD READS

Animal Behaviour (2010), Soccermatics (2016), Outnumbered (2018), The Ten Equations that Rule the World (2020), Four Ways of Thinking (2023)

KEY LINKS

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