Future Babble; Why Expert Predictions Fail--And Why We Believe Them Anyway
by Gardner, Dan
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0771035195
- ISBN 13
- 9780771035197
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Synopsis
"Genuinely arresting . . . required reading for journalists, politicians, academics, and anyone who listens to them." -Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works We are awash in predictions. In newspapers, blogs, and books; on radio and television. Every day experts tell us how the economy will perform next year, if housing sales will grow or shrink, and who will win the next election. Predictions are offered about the climate, food, technology, and the world our grandchildren will inhabit. And we can't get enough of it. Drawing on research in cognitive psychology, political science, and behavioral economics, award-winning journalist Dan Gardner explores our obsession with the future. He shows how famous pundits, "hedgehogs" who stick to one big idea no matter how circumstances change, become expert at explaining away predictions that are wrong while "foxes," who are more equivocal in their judgments, are simply more accurate.
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- Bookseller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 155617
- Title
- Future Babble; Why Expert Predictions Fail--And Why We Believe Them Anyway
- Author
- Gardner, Dan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0771035195
- ISBN 13
- 9780771035197
- Publisher
- McClelland & Stewart 978-0-7710-3519-7
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- This edition first published
- 2010-10-12
- Keywords
- Philosophy, Fallacies, Logic, Perception, Thinking, Thought
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy;
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