麻豆约拍

Why do so many of our actions end up having unintended consequences? Italian philosopher Professor Lisa Bortolotti says this is because our imagination can lead us to create a false memory of ourselves and makes us act on irrational impulses. With contributions from poet Peter Anderson and novelist James Friel.

(Photo: From left to right, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a Xhosa warrior, Nelson Mandela. Credit: Getty Images)