The Mismanagement of Covid-19 Part II: The Hazards of Experts
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How is it that highly intelligent people can make senseless decisions? This was the question that sparked the groundbreaking work by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky in understanding the psychological dynamics of human decision-making. These dynamics include two radically different thinking modes: the intuitive System 1, which is fast thinking that is both highly confident and prone to error, and the rational System 2, which is slow thinking that, while more grounded in probability, uncertainty and doubt, is likely to inform better decisions.
The Mismanagement of Covid-19 Part II: The Hazards of Experts
The Mismanagement of Covid-19 Part II: The…
The Mismanagement of Covid-19 Part II: The Hazards of Experts
How is it that highly intelligent people can make senseless decisions? This was the question that sparked the groundbreaking work by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky in understanding the psychological dynamics of human decision-making. These dynamics include two radically different thinking modes: the intuitive System 1, which is fast thinking that is both highly confident and prone to error, and the rational System 2, which is slow thinking that, while more grounded in probability, uncertainty and doubt, is likely to inform better decisions.