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I find myself in conversations with people who are criminally opinionated, but have little in the way of empirical grounding, Its common, in these situations, to hear them malign opponents of their views by reducing the conflict to a single factor My opponent is so dumb they couldnt follow a chemical gradient if they were bacteria! Now, putting aside the fact that single factor analysis is a mugs game when discussing things of any complexity which is basically everything, when resorting to these oversimplifications with human behavior, you asymptotically approach infinite incorrectness.
My common refrain in these times is to dip into my quote bag and castigate the misguided with Poppers glib witticism: “A theory that explains everything, explains nothing.
” Or, channeling the Arch Bishop of astuteness, John Stuart Mill, I rise up, gesturing dramatically and pitching my voice just so: “He who knows only his side of the case knows little of that.
” Hoping their snotty self assurance will recede before my rational indignation like an anabolic hairline,

This shit never works, Putting aside the fact that Im subject to the same cognitive limitations, quotations often arrive on the scene like a flaccid member, with intimations of a proper impression hidden somewhere in that bloodless noodle, if only the other party would play with it.
But, much like idioms, theres just not enough chemistry to warrant heavy petting,

Next I will resort to recalling numerous studies which have totally pincushioned the quaint notion that we are dispassionate, logical thinkers, When, in fact, barring a commitment to scientific principles, we have strong intuitions that we seek to justify through means of strategic reasoning, “Were more like lawyers than Vulcans, ” I say solemnly. Starring off into the distance for dramatic effect, Pensive. Avoiding eye contact for an appropriate interval before turning to peer into their soul and nod as we grasp, however tenuously, our feeble position before the Logos, Inevitably, when this numinous moment arrives, I am instead greeted with a vacant stare, or, much worse, an objection! Which, if youve been following me so far, means that I switch from attempting to persuade and instead silently chide my opponent for being a hopeless imbecile.


How do we opt out of being unrelenting self righteous pricks Well, we probably cant fully, the gravity is just too strong, Escape velocity would require some fundamental redesigns to a cognitive apparatus which evolved to intuit a subset of phenomena on the African savanna which bore a relationship to our reproductive success.
But we can sure as hell beat one another with books like this until we piss blood and cant hold our toothbrushes due to nasty rotator cuff injuries.
Thatll teach us.

I consider this to be the Mac Daddy of bibliophilic bludgeoning implements on this topic, I once blasted a man in the chest so hard with the spine of this book that, in addition to the bastard rolling clean over a Pizza Hut table like it was the hood of a speeding vehicle, the pages burst from between the covers like a fox vomiting hen feathers.
So incensed by this needless destruction of literary property, I stood over the man and berated him on the importance of properly breaking in the spines of hardcovers.
As he wormed about in pepperoni and soda, nodding if for no other reason than to avoid another terrible sounding of his sternum I also took the time to explain the central message of this book:

“Look, man.
You need to realize that weve got these two modes of cognition, One is accessible to us, Its slow and deliberative and subject to systematic interventions of logic if we but choose to learn and apply them, The other does pretty much whatever it damn well pleases based on input it receives from the environment that youre often not consciously aware of, Its good when its helping you get out of the way of deranged book wielders, but its bad when it goes awry in matters that are deeply counter intuitive much of modern life and mucks about with your ability to properly steer the system you have access to.
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This is an important book, Humanity would be much improved if these insights could percolate through society and really take hold, But they probably wont. Because were assholes. A long book that requires real mental exertion, Thinking, Fast and Slow is a worthwhile read by Nobel laureate Daniel Kahneman, It delves into the two complex systems of the mind, Systemis impulsive, emotional, and often led astray, while Systemis rational, thoughtful, and takes more time to makes decisions, He analyzes how humans use and sometimes fail to use both systems, and the resulting implications on topics ranging from how we perceive happiness to behavioral economics,

Thinking, Fast and Slow is one of the most indepth Psychology books I've read, I fell in love with the subject after taking AP Psychology last year as a junior in high school, and am currently craving more books and articles related to the field.
Daniel Kahneman satisfied my thirst, I had a solid understanding of some concepts beforehand, like the confirmation bias and hindsight bias, but had never heard of other terms like base rate or the illusion of validity.
The sheer amount of statistics and experiments referenced throughout the book proved Kahneman's thoroughness and dedication,

I recommend Thinking, Fast and Slow to anyone who wants to learn about how we think, or about psychology in general, I liked how Kahneman progressed from simple ideas like heuristics to more complex concepts, like prospect theory, Even if you have no background in psychology or economics, a mere interest in either should suffice for this book,

review crossposted on my blog, sitelinkthe quiet voice, As the blurb summarises very well, in “Thinking, Fast and

Slow, Kahneman takes us on a groundbreaking tour of the mind and explains the two systems that drive the way we think.
Systemis fast, intuitive, and emotional Systemis slower, more deliberative, and more logical, Kahneman exposes the extraordinary capabilitiesand also the faults and biasesof fast thinking, and reveals the pervasive influence of intuitive impressions on our thoughts and behaviour, ”
Kahneman has won the Nobel Prize for economy so expect a lot of technical stuff and experiments in this one, Exactly how I like my nonfiction to be, I learned so many interesting facts about how our brain functions and it is influenced by different factors,

Some aspects mentioned in this volume:
People do not understand statistics well, I am a fan of the subject and base many decisions on statistics, Apparently, most people dont. I guess, I now understand why people ignore statistics about the pandemic,
Luck plays a major role in success
Our brain tends to be lazy, systemdoes not rush to help
Intuition vs formulas science usually win
Investment bankers are useless
We overestimate our ability to predict the future
Stereotypes matter more than statistics
We tend to be more risk prone when we have something to lose than when we have something to gain.

What you see is all there is, We tend to form opinions based on only what we know and tend to ignore that there might be other relevant information we might miss,
Priming can be used to influence people, For example pictures of eyes can make people feel watched
And many more

The last part was a bit too technical and a bit boring but I still think the book deserves.

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