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Blind spots : why smart people do dumb things / Madeleine L. Van Hecke.

by Van Hecke, Madeleine L.

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Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2007.

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http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip078/2007001603.html

9781591025092 (alk. paper)

1591025095 (alk. paper)

256 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Why do smart people do dumb things? -- Fools rush in: Blind spot #1: not stopping to think -- Often wrong, but never in doubt?: Blind spot #2: what you don't know can hurt you -- If it were any closer, it would bite you!: Blind spot #3: not noticing -- Your own worst enemy: Blind spot #4: not seeing yourself -- Don't give a cat calendar to a dog lover!: Blind spot #5: my-side bias -- Thinking inside the box: Blind spot #6: trapped by categories -- Thinking by the seat of your pants: Blind spot #7: jumping to conclusions -- Why it's so hard to find the proof in the pudding: Blind spot #8: fuzzy evidence -- The usual suspects: why we miss the real culprit: Blind spot #9: missing hidden causes -- "He can't see the forest for the trees": Blind spot #10: missing the big picture -- Afterword: blind spots and hope.

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