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SIX. The Cognitive Miser: Ways to Avoid Thinking

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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents vii
  3. Preface ix
  4. Acknowledgments xiii
  5. ONE. Inside George W. Bush’s Mind: Hints at What IQ Tests Miss 1
  6. TWO. Dysrationalia: Separating Rationality and Intelligence 8
  7. THREE. The Reflective Mind, the Algorithmic Mind, and the Autonomous Mind 20
  8. FOUR. Cutting Intelligence Down to Size 45
  9. FIVE. Why Intelligent People Doing Foolish Things Is No Surprise 59
  10. SIX. The Cognitive Miser: Ways to Avoid Thinking 70
  11. SEVEN. Framing and the Cognitive Miser 86
  12. EIGHT. Myside Processing: Heads I Win—Tails I Win Too! 101
  13. NINE. A Different Pitfall of the Cognitive Miser: Thinking a Lot, but Losing 115
  14. TEN. Mindware Gaps 129
  15. ELEVEN. Contaminated Mindware 152
  16. TWELVE. How Many Ways Can Thinking Go Wrong? A Taxonomy of Irrational Thinking Tendencies and Their Relation to Intelligence 172
  17. THIRTEEN. The Social Benefits of Increasing Human Rationality—and Meliorating Irrationality 195
  18. Notes 213
  19. Bibliography 243
  20. Index 303
What Intelligence Tests Miss
This chapter is in the book What Intelligence Tests Miss
https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300142532-008

Chapters in this book

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