Mindware

tools for smart thinking

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English language

Published 2015 by Allen Lane.

ISBN:
978-1-84614-806-4
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OCLC Number:
918999972

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4 stars (1 review)

A psychology expert offers a tool kit for thinking more clearly and making better decisions, explaining how to reframe problems using simplified concepts from science and statistics, including the law of large numbers, statistical regression, cost-benefit analysis, and causation and correlation.

"Many scientific and philosophical ideas are so powerful that they can be applied to our lives to help us think smarter and more effectively about our behaviour and the world around us. Surprisingly, many of these ideas remain unknown to most of us. Drawing on his own groundbreaking research, Richard Nisbett presents these ideas in clear and accessible detail to offer a tool kit for better thinking and wiser decisions. Mindware shows how to reframe common problems - whether professional, business, or personal - in such a way that these powerful scientific and statistical concepts can be applied to them."--Website.

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reviewed Mindware by Richard E. Nisbett

Review of 'Mindware' on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

No talking cats or talking rats.

In fact, no story at all.

It's non-fiction! Essays to help us think better and make better decisions. Stuff about cognitive biases and understanding statistics.

No need to follow math.

I mostly read it because I felt like sometimes I should try to improve myself a bit. Maybe I did. But one of the critical lessons is that we all have cognitive biases and think that they only affect other people.

Subjects

  • Reasoning
  • Problem solving
  • Résolution de problème