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qstew's review against another edition
challenging
informative
slow-paced
3.0
moderately informative, though i don't know which bits were or weren't embroiled in the replication crisis; i took each section with a pinch of salt despite a lot of it making sense. definitely pretty repetitive, but to be fair some concepts benefited from multiple anecdotes/examples. realistically, could've been ~200-250pgs if he'd cut out all the subtle flexes and humble brags.
some parts much more interesting than others (subjective, i suppose), but the prose felt like the life story intro to an internet recipe. i guess it had to be stylistically blog-esque to make it digestible for laypeople, but i get the sense that what kahneman found "funny" or "interesting" wasn't really in the same ballpark as what most people found funny. perhaps just a byproduct of 50+yrs spent in academia, perhaps just generational, perhaps just a disconnect with what the masses are into.
tl;dr: RIP to the guy tho, interesting enough read
some parts much more interesting than others (subjective, i suppose), but the prose felt like the life story intro to an internet recipe. i guess it had to be stylistically blog-esque to make it digestible for laypeople, but i get the sense that what kahneman found "funny" or "interesting" wasn't really in the same ballpark as what most people found funny. perhaps just a byproduct of 50+yrs spent in academia, perhaps just generational, perhaps just a disconnect with what the masses are into.
tl;dr: RIP to the guy tho, interesting enough read
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism and Classism
numbat's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.0
An interesting look at the psychology of statistics. The text is a little presumptive in the examples given. Kahneman does talk a lot about adjusting to the mean and the law of large numbers and small numbers but doesn’t talk that much about outliers. There is also some abelisum toward mental health and autism.
Content Warnings
Minor: Ableism
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