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Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious

Gerd Gigerenzer

Discover when a simple rule can outperform elaborate analysis, and when it fails. Recognition, expert judgment, medicine, and social instincts reveal how intuition depends on its environment.

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11 parts, about 24 minutes to read.

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Author
Gerd Gigerenzer
Parts
11 parts
Reading time
about 24 minutes
The whole book
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What the summary covers

  1. Gut Feelings2 min
  2. Less Is (Sometimes) More2 min
  3. How Intuition Works2 min
  4. Evolved Brains2 min
  5. Adapted Minds2 min
  6. Why Good Intuitions Shouldn't Be Logical2 min
  7. Ever Heard Of ...?2 min
  8. One Good Reason Is Enough2 min
  9. Less Is More in Health Care2 min
  10. Moral Behavior3 min
  11. Social Instincts3 min

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    Gigerenzer explains intuition through rules suited to their setting; Klein adds how experts can mentally run through a plausible action and revise it when problems appear, without first comparing a full menu of alternatives.

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