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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 153.43
EAN: 9780029117064
ISBN: 0029117062
Label: Free Press
Manufacturer: Free Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: March 05, 1993
Publisher: Free Press
Sales Rank: 14896
Studio: Free Press
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When can we trust what we believe - that 'teams and players have winning streaks', that 'flattery works', or that 'the more people who agree, the more likely they are to be right' - and when are such beliefs suspect? Thomas Gilovich offers a guide to the fallacy of the obvious in everyday life. Illustrating his points with examples, and supporting them with the latest research findings, he documents the cognitive, social and motivational processes that distort our thoughts, beliefs, judgements and decisions. In a rapidly changing world, the biases and stereotypes that help us process an overload of complex information inevitably distort what we would like to believe is reality. Awareness of our propensity to make these systematic errors, Gilovich argues, is the first step to more effective analysis and action.
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Someone used to say, a Ph.D from Ivy League is more dangerous and erroneous than your typical mexican day laborer who may not even finished grade school. At least most people don't put much credence on the opinion of a day laborer. when it comes to PhD from Ivy League, we tend to accept the opinion as truth or at least being intelligent or educated but in fact, history has shown us PhD from Ivy League or Nobel recipients could make the most gravest error in judgment or assessment yet due to his/her ... Read More
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Out of the thousands I've read, from Amazon and elsewhere, I rarely rate books. This was one I HAD to rate. I first bought and read this books seven years ago and, as far as 'psychology' books go, this is in my top 3 of all time. Human reasoning is indeed fallible, in fact so much so that it should scare you. I mean it. And none of us are immune. This book will clearly show you the factual evidence of this and WHY human reason is so fallible and what that means to you in everyday life. And as one begins ... Read More
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This book excels in showing how and why people adopt questionable beliefs, and how/why people cling tenaciously to demonstrably erroneous beliefs, even when confronted to contrary evidence. The reasons are not simple narrow mindedness or gullibility, but several cognitive biases and circumstances that make us process information in certain ways. Processing our everyday experience without certain healthy habits of mind and sound reasoning can only too easily lead to the formation of those beliefs.
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My main interest in this subject lies in a search for answers to the question of why perfectly sane and intelligent people put faith in God above reasoning. Why do so many choose to believe so strongly with so little evidence? Unfortunately Thomas Gilovich absolutely refuses to cast light on religious delusions, but mainly states that theists and atheist "both need to develop the habit of thinking more broadly." Not helpful at all and sort of a faux pas to include this lame comment in the book.
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Hello, my name is Mr. Spock. You may know me from the TV series StarTrek. For years I've been tormented by the illogic of humans. Let's face it, Captain Kirk and Dr. McCoy are not the sharpest phasers in the intergalactic utility belt!
Then I read Gilovich's book. It helped me realize that humans are most illogical in times of uncertainty when there is no clear trend and not enough information upon which to make a good decision. In such cases, especially when a decision must be made, logic ... Read More
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