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Non-Fiction: - Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman | book on human rationality and irrationality - An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadf
by kalado 7y ago
Non-Fiction:
- Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman |
book on human rationality and irrationality
- An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield
Fiction:
- Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality |
Petunia married a professor, and Harry grew up reading science and science fiction.
http://www.hpmor.com/ http://www.hpmor.com/
- Off to Be the Wizard (Magic 2.0 Book 1) by Scott Meyer |
Reality is defined in a text file, making the protagonist a wizard when he discovers it while hacking a company.
- The Magicians (series) by Lev Grossman
- paradoxos 7y agoRegarding Kahneman, keep in mind that in the following years there has been a lot of doubt - including by Kahneman himself - about the scientific validity of the evidence. See also: https://replicationindex.com/2017/02/02/reconstruction-of-a-train-wreck-how-priming-research-went-of-the-rails/#comment-1454 https://replicationindex.com/2017/02/02/reconstruction-of-a-... https://retractionwatch.com/2017/02/20/placed-much-faith-underpowered-studies-nobel-prize-winner-admits-mistakes/ https://retractionwatch.com/2017/02/20/placed-much-faith-und...
- kalado 7y agoVery interesting! I found the chapters on priming hard to believe anyway. Still a lot of good stuff in that book. It's one of those lessons that you feel you know but get a much better understanding of when reading about it in-depth. Same as "How to win friends and influence people"