How we know what isn't so

Name: How we know what isn't so
ISBN: 0029117062

by Thomas Gilovich · first published 1991

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Psychology & Behavior

Discusses the processes through which we become convinced of the validity of questionable or false beliefs such as special psychological powers and New Age health practices.

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RockyMcNuts · Oct 3, 2010 · Recommends

…act out in daily life with small variations, interpret others' actions in light of performances they have seen before, and collectively build shared narratives in a 'social construction of reality'. How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life by Thomas Gilovich. A grand tour of the fallibility of homo economicus, and reality torturing heuristic shortcuts that lead us astray. Influence: The…
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rudyfink · Aug 2, 2010 · Recommends

Here are some nonfiction books that I've enjoyed. How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life - Gilovich - a good book on the inability of the human mind to accept things as random. Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High…
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cheeko1234 · May 26, 2022 · Recommends

…Falsely Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euzoOkBUzsQ List of Cognitive Biases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/... How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life Paperback – March 5, 1993 by Thomas Gilovich Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari Reading most articles from lesswrong.com or slatestarcodex.com Slightly unrelated:…
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ci5er · Oct 26, 2020 · Mentions

…two-hours/day watching some Netflix movie - this is the same thing. 2) I guess the ones that are based on subjective interpretation instead of objective fact (whatever that is today). There is a book called "How we know what isn't so" (https://www.amazon.com/How-Know-What-Isnt-Fallibility-dp-002...), and it talks a fair amount about humans can clash by developing different interpretations of reality that they think are really real.…
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