While this was indirectly mentioned in the Dan Gilbert interview on prediction and psychology, one thing that stuck out for me was the surface-level, inverse relationship between belief in the uncertainty of a predictive model versus belief in the predictive model itself. A great example of this is any current predictive model on climate change. On a surface level, if one rejects the notion of climate change, they are (usually) more invested in the uncertainty of such a predictive model, rather than the validity of the predictive model itself. On the other hand, if one believes in climate change (and science by extension), they are more invested in the predictive model of climate change itself, rather than the uncertainty that inevitably comes with any climate-related model.
To raise awareness for climate change for example, we could use "bandwagon effect" which was mentioned by Gilbert in the interview when referencing how most people use blue bins to recycle throughout a city primarily because others are doing it. While I wish the interview delved deeper into creative ways this phenomenon could be used to elevate climate awareness in the future, I still found the idea that the bandwagon effect on humans originates from our herd-like psychology compelling.
Lastly, I found the conversation early on in the interview about the idea of animals thinking about their future to be fascinating. According to Gilbert, he believes no other animal thinks about the future like we do. He also mentions that the action of remembering something is equivalent to imagining the past, and also relates imagining the past to imagining the future. By this logic, orca whales, which have a more developed paralimbic system than humans (part of the brain related to spatial memory and navigation), are essentially able to imagine the future, slightly contradicting Gilbert's claim? Attached below is a link to an article which highlights the intelligence of orcas: