Don't believe everything you think the 6 basic mistakes we make in thinking
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Amherst, N.Y. :
Prometheus Books,
2006.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: a six pack of problems
- Weird beliefs and pseudoscientific thinking
- A gremlin on my shoulder
- Thinking like a scientist
- The role of chance and coincidence
- Seeing things that aren't there
- Seeing associations that aren't there
- Predicting the unpredictable
- Seeking to confirm
- How we simplify
- Framing and other decision snags
- Faulty memories
- The influence of others
- Epilogue: some final thoughts.
