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  • How We Know What Isn't So

  • The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
  • Written by: Thomas Gilovich
  • Narrated by: Dan Gallagher
  • Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (3 ratings)

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Written by: Thomas Gilovich
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Thomas Gilovich offers a wise and readable guide to the fallacy of the obvious in everyday life. 

When can we trust what we believe - that "teams and players have winning streaks", that "flattery works", or that "the more people who agree, the more likely they are to be right" - and when are such beliefs suspect? 

Thomas Gilovich offers a guide to the fallacy of the obvious in everyday life. Illustrating his points with examples, and supporting them with the latest research findings, he documents the cognitive, social, and motivational processes that distort our thoughts, beliefs, judgments and decisions. In a rapidly changing world, the biases and stereotypes that help us process an overload of complex information inevitably distort what we would like to believe is reality. Awareness of our propensity to make these systematic errors, Gilovich argues, is the first step to more effective analysis and action.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
©2008 Thomas Gilovitch (P)2019 Echo Point Books & Media
Philosophy Psychology
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painfully boring narration

The content of this book is generally what I like. It was recommended by Stephen Dubner, of whom I am a big fan. The narration is incredibly dry. No matter how much energy I have, or how focussed I am, I end up tuning out the narrator. I listened (and relistened!) to almost the whole book and couldn't tell you anything about it. Save this to read in person (the physical book) as the audio book is a fail.

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