Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious

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Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious
by Gerd Gigerenzer
from Viking Adult

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• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• A little knowledge is a good thing, but a whole lot is best
  We seldom have full information, and we seldom have enough time to deliberate. Pure reason, in other words, is impractical in a bustling world. But we must decide, every hour, matters that affect us. So we exercise our gut feelings.
  What is intuition, and where do we get it? Its very nature makes it elusive. Gigerenzer's contribution is to try to answer these hard questions.
  The archetype is the fielder chasing a fly ball. A logical solution would require an intricate calculation of speed,... more info

• some interesting points, but...
  ... kind of loses steam half way through the book.
  has some interesting thoughts/points that are intriguing, but could have been conveyed in half as much pages.

• Entertaining stories, no insight
  The subtitle of this book is "The Intelligence of the Unconscious", and the material on the flyleaf begins, "How does intuition work?" The book never answers this question. In the first chapter, the author says that intuition works by using rules of thumb. He doesn't give evidence for this assertion, nor does he really explain how we develop these rules of thumb. I am left with the question "Where do the rules of thumb come from?" The rest of the book is devoted to specific rules of thumb that he recommends... more info

• Just Okay
  This is pretty interesting Stuff. It is more like a series of magazine articles than a unified book, but it is an interesting idea, and in a way, an empowering book. One that says Trust yourself, and backs it up with good reasons.
  It does seem to me that it would be easy to misread this book and say that everyone can just play their hunches all the time. And I can't shake the sense that the persons who are best at this are already skilled. He notes a study for example that found highly skilled athletes... more info