Gut Feelings
by Gerd Gigerenzer · first published 2007
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An engaging explanation of the science behind Malcolm Gladwell?s bestselling BlinkGerd Gigerenzer is one of the researchers of behavioral intuition responsible for the science behind Malcolm Gladwell?s bestseller Blink. Gladwell showed us how snap decisions often yield better results than careful analysis. Now, Gigerenzer explains why our intuition is such a powerful decision-making tool. Drawing on a decade of research at the Max Plank Institute, Gigerenzer demonstrates that our gut feelings are actually the result of unconscious mental processes?processes that apply rules of thumb that we?ve
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"Why are VCs so conservative? ..." I just read a fascinating book - Gut Feelings by Gerd Gigerenzer. It's by the guy who did most of the research that Malcolm Gladwell's Blink is based upon. The central thesis was that people have evolved heuristics for decision making that let…
on “Why There Aren't More Googles” ↗Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious by Gerd Gigerenzer. Ignore the breezy Gladwellesque title, it's much better than that and touches on philosophy, human behavior and economics. He presents an alternative…
on “Ask HN: Good books?” ↗I enjoyed Gigerenzer's Gut Feelings quite a bit. I was afraid from the title that it would be Gladwell-ized into mush, but came away quite happy that it wasn't. As a counterpoint to K&T it's very good, less because of any disagreement in…
on “Risk, probability, and how our brains are easily misled” ↗Check out Gerd Gigerenzer's work: Gut Feelings, and Fast and Frugal Heuristics. He also studies Bayesian reasoning.
on “Are Emotions Prophetic?” ↗Also see the publications of Dr. Gerd Gigerenzer about this topic, e.g. in his book 'Gut Feelings Intelligence'.
on “Too Good to Be True: How More Evidence Can Decrease Confidence” ↗