1. The general theme of this book is to
make cognitive science and numerous other intricacies of the brain easier to
understand for the average Joe. The book talks a lot about that there is two
sides in the brain the conscious and unconscious that go back and forth to mold
who you are. Like system 1 and system 2
aka slow and fast they each rely on each other to accomplish like goals.
2. The section that stood out to me that
would be useful in this class was the overlooking the statistics section. A lot
of the time people just go off of a pure whim to gamble instead of simply
working out the numbers. In the entrepreneur world where success can and sometimes
is judged on the amount of profit made from an idea, it could be beneficial to
know the probability behind it.
3. I would make an exercise based off
the overlooking the statistics section. I would have students view all the
lights and money signs on several casino games and have them guess which games
they thought would win the most.
4. There was many times when I caught my
self-intrigued by what I was reading because it simply makes sense if you think
about it. Overlooking luck was one of my favorite sections because it had to do
with regressing toward the mean. I am
learning about the regressing toward the mean in another class but this book
really gave me much more in depth.
Dear Isaac, I'm afraid I haven't understood well the content of the book that you explain. Apart from that, what you say about the statistics, where, when and how are we supposed to use them? And also, the two sides of the brain, are those the creative and the rational? I think you should develop more that aspect.
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