Heuristics

[Tero]

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[Tero]

”In short, this volume covers a lot of territory. The work is not meant for Joe Six Pack. It is written by academics and may be a bit dense for some readers. But there is much at stake with the research program described in this volume. I think that many people would find the struggle to understand the arguments here as worthwhile.

I highly recommend this work.”
https://www.amazon.com/Heuristics-Biase ... 0521796792

[Tero]

”Quoting the research of many psychologists, and arguing in analogy to the ordinary biological immune system, the authors view this system as one that protects the individual from an "overdose of gloom." Further, the functioning of the psychological immune system is optimized when it is not brought into the conscious focus of the individual. This `immune neglect' however has as a consequence the durability bias, in that if an individual fails to recognize her negative affect will decrease and be subjected to psychological mechanisms that assist greatly in this diminution, then she will tend to overestimate the time duration of her emotional reactions. The authors discuss empirical studies of durability bias in their article, and discuss some of the consequences of their studies.”
(Same book)

[Rum]

Soooo 'shut the fuck up and get on with it' really works..

[Tero]

The people studying all these solutions people have to everyday problems...deciding or nor deciding....never seem to ask the crucial question. Did you try wanking?

[Tero]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak–end_rule
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak–end_rule
What is it with these links today? I tried typing url tags and even those failed. End of link is chopped off.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak–end_rule

[Tero]

one more try
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak–end_rule

[Hermit]

Try this: Click on <Quote> at the bottom of this post. Then copy-paste

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak%E2%80%93end_rule

or

Peak–end rule

[Tero]

Try this: Click on <Quote> at the bottom of this post. Then copy-paste

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak%E2%80%93end_rule

or

Peak–end rule

OK, weird. How did you know to put %E2%80%93 in there in place of hyphen? Or am i missing something again?

[laklak]

Heuristics is just a fancy word for "well hell Zeb, jes' try hittin' it harder"

[Hermit]

Try this: Click on <Quote> at the bottom of this post. Then copy-paste

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak%E2%80%93end_rule

or

Peak–end rule

OK, weird. How did you know to put %E2%80%93 in there in place of hyphen? Or am i missing something again?

Dunno. I never added %E2%80%93 to the link myself. I just copy-pasted the link as it appeared in the address bar and the system added it automagically.

As for the book, I'm not paying 50 bucks for the Kindle version or 60 for the paperback. Sure, 800 pages is a lot of content, but I'd rather have an 80 page summary.

[DRSB]

Even in maths, you cannot apply any logic without making an assumption first. And as we know, if you premises are wrong, so are your conclusions. But how do you get the premises right and pure? Bertrand Russel attempted to find the pure thing and failed.
Wikipedia:

None of our beliefs are quite true; all have at least a penumbra of vagueness and error. The methods of increasing the degree of truth in our beliefs are well known; they consist in hearing all sides, trying to ascertain all the relevant facts, controlling our own bias by discussion with people who have the opposite bias, and cultivating a readiness to discard any hypothesis which has proved inadequate. These methods are practised in science, and have built up the body of scientific knowledge.

Every man of science whose outlook is truly scientific is ready to admit that what passes for scientific knowledge at the moment is sure to require correction with the progress of discovery; nevertheless, it is near enough to the truth to serve for most practical purposes, though not for all. In science, where alone something approximating to genuine knowledge is to be found, men’s attitude is tentative and full of doubt.

[rainbow]

Even in maths, you cannot apply any logic without making an assumption first. And as we know, if you premises are wrong, so are your conclusions. But how do you get the premises right and pure? Bertrand Russel attempted to find the pure thing and failed.

Not so.

All cats are dogs
Dogs go meiouw.
Therefore cats go meiouw.

[Hermit]

Even in maths, you cannot apply any logic without making an assumption first. And as we know, if you premises are wrong, so are your conclusions. But how do you get the premises right and pure? Bertrand Russel attempted to find the pure thing and failed.

Not so.

All cats are dogs
Dogs go meiouw.
Therefore cats go meiouw.

Yup. There's a distinction between valid and sound.

[rainbow]