Scientific and philosophical concepts can change the way we solve
problems by helping us to think more effectively about our behavior and
our world. Surprisingly, despite their utility, many of these tools
remain unknown to most of us.
In Mindware, the world-renowned psychologist Richard E. Nisbett
presents these ideas in clear and accessible detail, offering a tool kit
for better thinking and wiser decisions. He has made a distinguished
career of studying and teaching such powerful problem-solving concepts
as the law of large numbers, statistical regression, cost-benefit
analysis, sunk costs and opportunity costs, and causation and
correlation, probing how best to teach others to use them effectively in
their daily lives. In this groundbreaking book, he shows that a course
in a given field--statistics or economics, for example--often doesn't
work as well as a few minutes of more practical instruction in analyzing
everyday situations. Mindware shows how to reframe common problems in
such a way that these powerful scientific and statistical concepts can
be applied to them. The result is an enlightening and practical guide to
the most powerful tools of reasoning ever developed--tools that can
easily be used to make better professional, business, and personal
decisions.
