“Don’t believe everything you think.”

Wed 03/09/11 at 6:31 pm

Author Thomas Kida identifies "the six-pack of problems" that leads many of us unconsciously to accept false ideas:

· We prefer stories to statistics.

· We seek to confirm, not to question, our ideas.

· We rarely appreciate the role of chance and coincidence in shaping events.

· We sometimes misperceive the world around us.

· We tend to oversimplify our thinking.

· Our memories are often inaccurate.

http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Believe-Everything-You-Think/dp/1591024080

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