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SIX. The Cognitive Miser: Ways to Avoid Thinking
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xiii
- ONE. Inside George W. Bush’s Mind: Hints at What IQ Tests Miss 1
- TWO. Dysrationalia: Separating Rationality and Intelligence 8
- THREE. The Reflective Mind, the Algorithmic Mind, and the Autonomous Mind 20
- FOUR. Cutting Intelligence Down to Size 45
- FIVE. Why Intelligent People Doing Foolish Things Is No Surprise 59
- SIX. The Cognitive Miser: Ways to Avoid Thinking 70
- SEVEN. Framing and the Cognitive Miser 86
- EIGHT. Myside Processing: Heads I Win—Tails I Win Too! 101
- NINE. A Different Pitfall of the Cognitive Miser: Thinking a Lot, but Losing 115
- TEN. Mindware Gaps 129
- ELEVEN. Contaminated Mindware 152
- TWELVE. How Many Ways Can Thinking Go Wrong? A Taxonomy of Irrational Thinking Tendencies and Their Relation to Intelligence 172
- THIRTEEN. The Social Benefits of Increasing Human Rationality—and Meliorating Irrationality 195
- Notes 213
- Bibliography 243
- Index 303
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xiii
- ONE. Inside George W. Bush’s Mind: Hints at What IQ Tests Miss 1
- TWO. Dysrationalia: Separating Rationality and Intelligence 8
- THREE. The Reflective Mind, the Algorithmic Mind, and the Autonomous Mind 20
- FOUR. Cutting Intelligence Down to Size 45
- FIVE. Why Intelligent People Doing Foolish Things Is No Surprise 59
- SIX. The Cognitive Miser: Ways to Avoid Thinking 70
- SEVEN. Framing and the Cognitive Miser 86
- EIGHT. Myside Processing: Heads I Win—Tails I Win Too! 101
- NINE. A Different Pitfall of the Cognitive Miser: Thinking a Lot, but Losing 115
- TEN. Mindware Gaps 129
- ELEVEN. Contaminated Mindware 152
- TWELVE. How Many Ways Can Thinking Go Wrong? A Taxonomy of Irrational Thinking Tendencies and Their Relation to Intelligence 172
- THIRTEEN. The Social Benefits of Increasing Human Rationality—and Meliorating Irrationality 195
- Notes 213
- Bibliography 243
- Index 303