How cognitive illusions blind us to reason

By SharpBrains | November 2, 2011

Fun arti­cle by Daniel Kah­ne­man based on his new book,Think­ing, Fast and Slow. How cog­ni­tive illu­sions blind us to rea­son (The Guardian): Why do Wall Street traders have such faith in their pow­ers of pre­dic­tion, when their suc­cess is large­ly down to chance? Daniel Kah­ne­man explains.  — “Look­ing back, the most strik­ing part of the…

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On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You’re Not

By Dr. Ginger Campbell | August 18, 2008 |

Where does our “Feel­ing of Know­ing” come from? Have you ever felt cer­tain that you knew an answer even though you could­n’t think of it right off? Where does that “feel­ing of know­ing” come from? The answer to this ques­tion is the focus of neu­rol­o­gist Robert Bur­ton’s new book On Being Cer­tain: Believ­ing You Are…

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