Episode · EconTalk · 2019-12-02
Books mentioned on Gerd Gigerenzer on Gut Feelings
Psychologist and author Gerd Gigerenzer of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development talks about his book Gut Feelings with EconTalk host Russ Roberts. Gigerenzer argues for the power of simple heuristics--rules of thumb--over more complex models when making real-world decisions.
Russ Roberts discussed Gut Feelings by Gerd Gigerenzer, Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, and Ending Medical Reversal by Vinayak K. Prasad and others. Gerd Gigerenzer discussed Nudge by Richard H. Thaler and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Gut Feelings
Gut Feelings by Gerd Gigerenzer is a fascinating exploration of human decision-making, cognitive rationality, and the surprising power of unconscious heuristics and rules of thumb.
Discussed“our topic for today is his work on decision-making rationality and rules of thumb including his 2008 book gut feelings the intelligence of the unconscious”
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman is a seminal book exploring the two systems of thought that drive human decision-making: the fast, intuitive system and the slow, logical system.
Discussed“and she was very affected by Kahneman's book Thinking Fast and Slow because her for many years she and her colleagues she felt had relied on gut feelings”
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Ending Medical Reversal
Ending Medical Reversal by Vinayak K.
Discussed“I want to use an example you take from the book because I really it's a profound and it connected to a number of things we've talked about here on the program I want to start with an observation that comes from the book ending medical reversal by Adam Sifu”
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Nudge
Nudge by Richard H.
Discussed“and I take this example from the nudge book by sailor”
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