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Mere Christianity by CS Lewis, Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

eatonphil 4y ago
> Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Unfortunately, this has been thoroughly discredited [0]. But if the point of the list is not to be accurate but to feel good (and I'm not being sarcastic, OP asked about books to feel better) then of course anything is fair to recommend. [0] 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...
- dmarchand90 4y ago
  Has the whole book been discredited or just one chapter in the book?
  - eatonphil 4y ago
    Hmm I don't know. I liked the book when I read it but then I looked up the criticism (and the eventual retractions) and got a bad taste in my mouth. It would better to know which parts are ok, definitely.
    - dmarchand90 4y ago
      Voila https://replicationindex.com/2020/12/30/a-meta-scientific-perspective-on-thinking-fast-and-slow/ https://replicationindex.com/2020/12/30/a-meta-scientific-pe...
- mindcrime 4y ago
  I thought it was only the priming stuff that had been dis-credited?
- mark_l_watson 4y ago
  I like his honesty in his response to the blog. Personally, I get a lot of value out of Thinking Fast and Slow.
- kashyapc 4y ago
  You're making a blind sweeping generalization here. As has been repeatedly pointed out in the past[1][2][3], it is only the priming-related chapter (called 'The Associative Machine' in the book) that put "too much faith in under-powered studies". Not the entire book! The book is a synthesis of forty years of Kahneman's research and his collaboration with Tversky. A wide range of topics are covered; and it still absolutely merits reading. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24048650 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24048650 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22054603 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22054603 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21757524 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21757524
adamhp 4y ago
> Mere Christianity by CS Lewis Opens the book by talking shit about atheists and how atheism is not a real philosophy, and basically says it is not even worth commenting on. I put it down immediately.
GoodJokes 4y ago

eatonphil 4y ago

> Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman Unfortunately, this has been thoroughly discredited [0]. But if the point of the list is not to be accurate but to feel good (and I'm not being sarcastic, OP asked about books to feel better) then of course anything is fair to recommend. [0] 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...

dmarchand90 4y ago
Has the whole book been discredited or just one chapter in the book?
- eatonphil 4y ago
  Hmm I don't know. I liked the book when I read it but then I looked up the criticism (and the eventual retractions) and got a bad taste in my mouth. It would better to know which parts are ok, definitely.
  - dmarchand90 4y ago
    Voila https://replicationindex.com/2020/12/30/a-meta-scientific-perspective-on-thinking-fast-and-slow/ https://replicationindex.com/2020/12/30/a-meta-scientific-pe...
mindcrime 4y ago
I thought it was only the priming stuff that had been dis-credited?
mark_l_watson 4y ago
I like his honesty in his response to the blog. Personally, I get a lot of value out of Thinking Fast and Slow.
kashyapc 4y ago
You're making a blind sweeping generalization here. As has been repeatedly pointed out in the past[1][2][3], it is only the priming-related chapter (called 'The Associative Machine' in the book) that put "too much faith in under-powered studies". Not the entire book! The book is a synthesis of forty years of Kahneman's research and his collaboration with Tversky. A wide range of topics are covered; and it still absolutely merits reading. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24048650 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24048650 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22054603 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22054603 [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21757524 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21757524

adamhp 4y ago

> Mere Christianity by CS Lewis Opens the book by talking shit about atheists and how atheism is not a real philosophy, and basically says it is not even worth commenting on. I put it down immediately.

GoodJokes 4y ago