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Summary: Overwrought But Fun
Review: This is a collection of "optical illusions of the mind," i.e., puzzles to which the intuitive answers are wrong. It gives several examples with non-technical discussions but is mostly a framework around the "Monty Hall" problem, a classic demonstration that probabilities can be tricky things. The book's sub-title is overblown -- it is not an explanation of how the brain works or doesn't work, or of consistent ways in which the mind distorts reality -- and the author's writing style is hyperbolic. Some readers have seen this book as an important discussion of the human mental process; it is not that. Read around the pretention, though, and it is fun.
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Summary: excellent guidebook to subject
Review: well written, interesting, understandable . . . i couldn't put the book down. clear and concise . . . with humor to boot. the case studies and examples are so well written that you'll find yourself quoting them.if only more people would read books like these -- many fewer stupid and dangerous mistakes would be made.
Rating:
Summary: excellent guidebook to subject
Review: well written, interesting, understandable . . . i couldn't put the book down. clear and concise . . . with humor to boot. the case studies and examples are so well written that you'll find yourself quoting them. if only more people would read books like these -- many fewer stupid and dangerous mistakes would be made.
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