The Invisible Gorilla
by Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons
The illusions of attention, memory, confidence, knowledge, cause and potential, from the famous gorilla experiment. Humbling and well researched.
Read it if…
you trust your perception and memory more than you should.
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Skip it if…
you have read many bias books.
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Three things you will actually use
- You miss more than you see.
- Memory reconstructs.
- Confidence is not competence.
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Read the chapter on the illusion of confidence.
Our verdict
Six illusions.
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