Dobeli, Rolf

Art of thinking clearly by Rolf Dobeli. - London : Sceptre, 2013. - 326 p.

Table of contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1. Why you should visit cemeteries : survivorship bias
Chapter 2. Does Harvard make you smarter? : swimmer's body illusion
Chapter 3. Why you see shapes in the clouds : clustering illusion
Chapter 4. If fifty million people say something foolish, it is still foolish : social proof
Chapter 5. Why you should forget the past : sunk cost fallacy
Chapter 6. Don't accept free drinks : reciprocity
Chapter 7. Beware the "special case" : confirmation bias (part 1)
Chapter 8. Murder your darlings : confirmation bias (part 2)
Chapter 9. Don't bow to authority : authority bias
Chapter 10. Leave your supermodel friends at home : contrast effect
Chapter 11. Why we prefer a wrong map to none at all : availability bias ...

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