The incidents described in this blog illustrate well the nonchalant, careless approach to life on the part of academic theorists (my colleagues!), whose philosophy can be summarized as "Often wrong, never in doubt." This worldview is unforgiveable when lives are at stake.
I imagine too that the Obama-Biden-EU-UN-WHO-WEF axis learned a lot from the "nudge" theory, which I despise. Mind your own business!
fascinating to read this thank you very much! especially the idea of system 1 and 2 decision making. Kahneman cannot have studied any of Iain McGilchrists work on left and right hemisphere brain theory or he wouldn’t have suggested such a naive theory.
contrary to what i think he is getting at…..humans are in great danger of making automated, rule based, narrow focused decisions, albeit swiftly, without using the right hemisphere’s strategic, intuitive, empathic, big picture attributes, to aid the left. the current global power holders are demonstrating severe cases of left brain thinking with disasterous, ‘system 1’ decision making consequences…. in my humble opinion. god help us all!!!!
As Jonathan Haidt makes clear, moral judgments are intuitive (system 1), but that does not make them incorrect. I find that my own responses to many consequential issues--such as vaccine mandates--are immediate and certain. I knew that such mandates were a moral abomination, and I required no deliberation to arrive at that conclusion. I continued to be astonished that many people thought otherwise. But the origins of my moral judgment were largely opaque, though I could likely trace their origins if I tried.
The special kind of hubris that gets engrained into many academics leads them to believe they can describe massively complex natural systems by describing and monitoring a few variables. Global warming, virology, quantum physics, epidemiology…. All plagued by this.
"The Science" has been coopted to serve "The Powers."
We should recognize how certain ideas are promoted and sponsored and how others are not. This can be applied to any area, literature, history, sociology, and yes, science. How is it that certain individuals that just so happen to give legitimacy to those wielding influence happen to always receive recognition and the most coveted and admired awards?
Several years ago, I was really interested in how Kahneman had supposedly restructured the Israeli army by more carefully deciding which position each soldier should hold. I was wondering how such a method could help the US army, which seems so flabby and not very flexible. But as the covid pandemic unfolded, I looked at Kahneman for some sane words about how the data collected on the jabs was not complete and the results were not promising at all. But he was completely bought into the Pharmacy industry right away, and his own bias and fear of catching covid clouded every one of the viewpoints he had written about earlier. Incredibly disappointing. He was completely a political animal.
When it came to assessing the Covid threat and vaccine suitablity, I used intutitve "fast" thinking and never regreted it. I think I will stick with it, no matter what Kahneman thinks of it.
I found Kahneman's book annoying in his assertion that "smart" people like himself should be entitled to overrule the personal decisions of those he thought his inferiors. The worst kind of entitled elitist.
Economics is just pseudo-science. Basically it is a profession that exists to make whatever excuses are necessary to justify the desires/behaviours of the wealthy elites. They are not worth any scientist's attention.
I don’t think Kahneman claimed people “fell into two types of thinking ‘fast & slow’” he said we all have the ability to use critical thinking (2nd stage) but our lazy bodies relies on the easy (1st stage) where we have all our biases. You have to wake up the second stage.
The incidents described in this blog illustrate well the nonchalant, careless approach to life on the part of academic theorists (my colleagues!), whose philosophy can be summarized as "Often wrong, never in doubt." This worldview is unforgiveable when lives are at stake.
I imagine too that the Obama-Biden-EU-UN-WHO-WEF axis learned a lot from the "nudge" theory, which I despise. Mind your own business!
fascinating to read this thank you very much! especially the idea of system 1 and 2 decision making. Kahneman cannot have studied any of Iain McGilchrists work on left and right hemisphere brain theory or he wouldn’t have suggested such a naive theory.
contrary to what i think he is getting at…..humans are in great danger of making automated, rule based, narrow focused decisions, albeit swiftly, without using the right hemisphere’s strategic, intuitive, empathic, big picture attributes, to aid the left. the current global power holders are demonstrating severe cases of left brain thinking with disasterous, ‘system 1’ decision making consequences…. in my humble opinion. god help us all!!!!
As Jonathan Haidt makes clear, moral judgments are intuitive (system 1), but that does not make them incorrect. I find that my own responses to many consequential issues--such as vaccine mandates--are immediate and certain. I knew that such mandates were a moral abomination, and I required no deliberation to arrive at that conclusion. I continued to be astonished that many people thought otherwise. But the origins of my moral judgment were largely opaque, though I could likely trace their origins if I tried.
𝔗𝔥𝔢 3-𝔳𝔞𝔯𝔦𝔞𝔟𝔩𝔢 𝔠𝔬𝔤𝔦𝔱𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫 𝔰𝔬𝔩𝔲𝔱𝔦𝔬𝔫:
1. 𝔉𝔞𝔰𝔱 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔨𝔢𝔯𝔰
2. 𝔖𝔩𝔬𝔴 𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔨𝔢𝔯𝔰
3. 𝔑𝔬𝔫-𝔱𝔥𝔦𝔫𝔨𝔢𝔯𝔰
The special kind of hubris that gets engrained into many academics leads them to believe they can describe massively complex natural systems by describing and monitoring a few variables. Global warming, virology, quantum physics, epidemiology…. All plagued by this.
"The Science" has been coopted to serve "The Powers."
We should recognize how certain ideas are promoted and sponsored and how others are not. This can be applied to any area, literature, history, sociology, and yes, science. How is it that certain individuals that just so happen to give legitimacy to those wielding influence happen to always receive recognition and the most coveted and admired awards?
Several years ago, I was really interested in how Kahneman had supposedly restructured the Israeli army by more carefully deciding which position each soldier should hold. I was wondering how such a method could help the US army, which seems so flabby and not very flexible. But as the covid pandemic unfolded, I looked at Kahneman for some sane words about how the data collected on the jabs was not complete and the results were not promising at all. But he was completely bought into the Pharmacy industry right away, and his own bias and fear of catching covid clouded every one of the viewpoints he had written about earlier. Incredibly disappointing. He was completely a political animal.
When it came to assessing the Covid threat and vaccine suitablity, I used intutitve "fast" thinking and never regreted it. I think I will stick with it, no matter what Kahneman thinks of it.
I found Kahneman's book annoying in his assertion that "smart" people like himself should be entitled to overrule the personal decisions of those he thought his inferiors. The worst kind of entitled elitist.
Economics is just pseudo-science. Basically it is a profession that exists to make whatever excuses are necessary to justify the desires/behaviours of the wealthy elites. They are not worth any scientist's attention.
I often appreciate your perspective, Dr. Thanks!
Thinking fast or thinking slow should be extended to add another label . . . not thinking.
The last four years have shown that 90%-95% of the 'western' global population doesn't think at all. That's the bigger problem!
I don’t think Kahneman claimed people “fell into two types of thinking ‘fast & slow’” he said we all have the ability to use critical thinking (2nd stage) but our lazy bodies relies on the easy (1st stage) where we have all our biases. You have to wake up the second stage.
And then there are people who couldn’t possibly think for themselves.
Like his disciples.
Very interesting assessment—thank you! I found your comments thought-provoking and likely to be persuasive, once I do additional research
Kahneman was one of just three people who provided the academic justification for mandatory masking in the UK.
The masking of the UK: Where does the responsibility lie?
DELVE: Steering Group 'a high-level expert group to oversee the work and communicate findings to the Government's Chief Scientific Advisor.
Members include:
Devi Shridar: Professor of Global Health (Edinburgh University)
Demis Hassabis: an Al expert whose stated mission is to solve 'the problem of intelligence' and then to use Al 'to solve everything else'
Daniel Kahneman: Professor of Psychology (Princetown University); prominent behavioural scientist.
https://rumble.com/v4mnsmn-unmasked-the-shadowy-group-behind-mask-mandates-q-and-a.html