Episode · EconTalk · 2025-12-29
Books mentioned on In Defense of Intuition (with Gerd Gigerenzer)
Psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer explains the power of intuition, how intuition became gendered, what he thinks Kahneman and Tversky's research agenda got wrong, and why it's a mistake to place intuition and conscious thinking on opposing ends of the cognition spectrum.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Intelligence of Intuition
The Intelligence of Intuition by Gerd Gigerenzer explores the science of human decision-making and the vital role that gut feelings play in navigating an uncertain world.
Discussed“Our topic for today is his book, The Intelligence of Intuition. Gird, welcome back to Econ Talk.”
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Mathematica
Mathematica by David Bessis is a thought-provoking book that explores how our minds work, championing intuition and challenging formal, intimidating approaches to mathematics.
Discussed“I interviewed David Bessis re recently on his book Mathematica which is a really he really champions intuition.”
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Primal Intelligence
Primal Intelligence is an engaging book by Angus Fletcher that examines the science and nature of human intuition and decision-making.
Discussed“Then I interviewed Angus Fletcher recently his book primal intelligence is very much a defensive intuition slightly different interpretation than yours but but in the ballpark.”
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Blink
Blink by Malcolm Gladwell is a popular psychology book that explores how people make decisions through snap judgments and intuition.
Discussed“Gladwell. Yeah, sorry. Uh wrote a book of my ideas and blink and uh popularized it.”
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Nudge
Nudge by Richard H.
Discussed“So, the term nudging is from uh Thalen Sunstein's book nudge.”
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“Yeah. So the uh I wrote a book uh called Gut Feelings long time ago and uh a few years later uh uh M uh Malcolm what is his name? Gladwell.”