How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life by Thomas Gilovich

How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life

Thomas Gilovich

216 pages first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy psychology science informative reflective fast-paced

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Thomas Gilovich offers a wise and readable guide to the fallacy of the obvious in everyday life.When can we trust what we believe—that "teams and players have winning streaks," that "flattery works," or that "the more people who agree, the more li...

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