Overall it is important to make good judgements because some of the things that we have to make choices on can make a big impact on our lives. I think that Kahnemen along with my friend Mat both have very good examples of why we should be making good judgements versus bad judgments. Although many of the choices that we have to make in our life may be very small and may not have a very big impact on anyone…
In my eyes, I believe that the fallacy that Mat fell for was WYSIATI. He saw this person and immediately had a story in his own mind about him and about how he thought he was better, bigger, stronger. He was overconfident and whether he knew it or not, it put him in a bad position. In Kahnamen’s article, he points out that they “had made up a story from the little we knew but had now way to allow…
In Kahnamen’s article “Don’t Blink! The Hazards of confidence”, he talks about different types of fallacies that lead us to believe certain things. A few of these cognitive fallacies include the illusion of validity, and WYSIATS. These fallacies tend to lead us to believe things that either we shouldn’t believe or that are not true. One example of this is being over confident. In the article, Kahneman talks about why we make bad judgments. A cognitive fallacy is something in…
It was August fourth. My friend Mat, who I had met earlier in the year, invited me to have a fire at his house. I met Mat a few moths back when I was with one of my other friend Angela. We stopped at Apple bees for our routine half priced appetizers after 9 pm and while we were there Angela invited her friend Morgan who had Mat tagging along. We all enjoyed our food before we left to go…
Based on my experiences, I have learned that my learning strategies are not very useful at all. I do not set aside time to study or to to do my homework, I always tend to do it last minute and rush. In school I did not have an effective way to study or review anything. If it was something that needed to be read I would read it and hope that I would pass the test or quiz or do…
In Atul Gawande’s Ted Talk “Want to Get Great at Something? Get a Coach.”, Gawande says that there are “two views” as to how professionals get better (Gawande 3:20). One of these views is that people go to school where “ you study, you practice, you learn, you graduate, and then you go out into the world and you make your way on your own.” (Gawande 3:20) This would be a pedagogical view. The other view is the one that…
