Human beings can map the bottom of the ocean floor, and yet we still find ourselves lost inside hospitals, parking lots, and winding country roads. Modern humans are clever enough to program a GPS, but rank feebly among species for finding their way around.
Experimental psychologist Colin Ellard explores these contradictions in his new book You Are Here: Why We Can Find Our Way to The Moon but Get Lost in the Mall. Colin Ellard joined us on his office at the University of Waterloo in Canada.
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