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paola_mobileread's review against another edition
5.0
This is the first pop science book on rationality I ever read, and it made a great impression on me. Of course, this is now more than twenty years old (the first edition dates from 1992), and probably nowadays there are many eqivalent books, but this one gives a good overview of many common pitfalls in decision making, illustrating many cognitive biases: from selective evidence, to overconfidence and ignoring or misinterpreting evidence. So you wont' get exposure to the latest developments on decision making, but the topics he treats are still current - Sutherland was a psychologist by trade, and he seems to know very well what he was writing about, adding to this a gripping writing style.
One thing I learned is: if you phone your friend to tell him you wrecked his car, then tell him it was a joke, he will forever think of you as a bad driver, even if you returned the car he lent you in absolutely pristine conditions! The moral of it - careful when making jokes :-)
One thing I learned is: if you phone your friend to tell him you wrecked his car, then tell him it was a joke, he will forever think of you as a bad driver, even if you returned the car he lent you in absolutely pristine conditions! The moral of it - careful when making jokes :-)
sillypunk's review against another edition
4.0
Pretty good, but Thinking, fast and slow, might be a bit more accessible: https://blogendorff.com/2020/12/07/book-review-irrationality/
jnieto's review against another edition
5.0
All true and easy to understand. A couple of quotes from it:
"How cunning people are at twisting the evidence to suit their own beliefs."
"It is easy to manipulate the conclusions people draw from the same evidence."
"How cunning people are at twisting the evidence to suit their own beliefs."
"It is easy to manipulate the conclusions people draw from the same evidence."
h_crespo's review against another edition
4.0
Daniel Kahnemann'ın "Thinking, Fast and Slow" kitabıyla sık paslaşan, özünüm aynı olduğunu düşündüğüm kitap. Hayatta verdiğimiz kararlar, yaptığımız seçimler, hepsi belli başlı hatalara dayanıyor. Bunu aşmak için algoritmalara güvenmemiz gerekiyor fakat bu mutluluk getiriyor mu? Kitabın rasyonel olmanın getirecekleri için tartışma açması güzel. Konuyu ilk anlatan kitaplardan olması güzel.
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