Yet another cognitive biases book

1 Post author: CronoDAS 14 July 2011 08:03AM

I found this one because I'm on Sam Harris's email list.

Brain Bugs: How the Brain's Flaws Shape Our Lives by Dean Buonomano

(Amazon.com link)

The preview didn't really give me all that good an impression... it mostly seemed to be stuff I already knew or sort-of knew. It feels easy to read; not dense like a textbook or GEB, but sort of information-light. Anyone else have any impressions?

Comments (1)

Comment author: djcb 16 July 2011 05:08:02PM 0 points [-]

This pop-psy subgenre of exposing our biases must sell well! I did very much enjoy Ariely's books as well as "The Invisible Gorilla", but there must be many bad ones (Sturgeon's Law etc.)