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The Cognitive Science of Rationality – lesswrong.com

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“The last 40 years of cognitive science have taught us a great deal about how our brains produce errors in thinking and decision making, and about how we can overcome those errors. These methods can help us form more accurate beliefs and make better decisions.” (from the introduction). This article should be required reading! Written […]

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Is Self-knowledge Overrated? – The New Yorker

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A friend pointed out this article from Jonah Lehrer at The New Yorker about Daniel Kahneman’s new book, “Thinking, Fast and Slow” (already pre-ordered for my Kindle!). Some good lines from it: Unlike homo economicus, that imaginary species featured in macroeconomics textbooks, Kahneman and Tversky demonstrated that real people don’t deal with uncertainty by carefully evaluating […]

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