Something You Should Know

How to Stop Fighting With Food & The Science of Making Predictions - SYSK Choice

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Feb 21, 2026
Kit Yates, a UK mathematical sciences lecturer who studies probability and prediction. Dr. Jud Brewer, a Brown University professor who studies habit change and overeating. They discuss how body language can send surprising signals, why we eat when not hungry and strategies to break that cycle, and the science behind why humans misread randomness and make poor predictions.
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ANECDOTE

From A Bag To Two Chips

  • A patient who ate a large bag of chips nightly paid attention and found two chips were enough.
  • Mindful tasting let her enjoy chips and stop before feeling bad afterward.
ADVICE

Leverage The Eat Right Now App

  • Use proven digital tools to build awareness instead of relying on willpower.
  • Try the Eat Right Now app, a CDC-recognized program that teaches mindful eating and habit change.
INSIGHT

Randomness Feels Too Evenly Spaced

  • People misperceive randomness as evenly spaced, so they avoid choosing consecutive lottery numbers.
  • Exploiting common selection biases can increase your chance of an uncontested jackpot.
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