Stuart Sutherland (1) (1927–1998)
Auteur van Irrationaliteit
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- SUTHERLAND, Stuart
- Geboortedatum
- 1927-03-26
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1998-11-08
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- Korte biografie
- After reading PPP at Oxford and winning the John Locke Prize in Mental Philosophy he worked on shape discrimination in octopuses and other animals with J Z Young in Naples. From a University Lectureship in Oxford he was appointed in 1964 to head the Laboratory of Experimental Psychology at the infant University of Sussex, where he spent the rest of his academic life. Under its autocratic but always benevolent Chairman, the Lab quickly became one of the most prestigious psychology departments in Britain - or, indeed, anywhere - supplying talent to Cambridge, Glasgow, Princeton and Edinburgh. Stuart's judgment was much sought after by colleagues and feared by the readers of his pungent book reviews. His famous book Breakdown broke new ground in the public airing of private agonies, and helped a number of readers to cope with their own psychological problems. His last book - Irrationality - has some rude things to say about judges, generals and financiers. He was an impossible person to deal with, but all who could survive his insults thought the world of him.
(Christopher Longuet-Higgins, Emeritus Professor at Sussex)
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Irrationality: The Enemy Within door Stuart Sutherland
Some of the psychology behind Behavioural Economics (and the arrogance of senior professionals who 'know more than laypeople).
The writing was perfectly fine, but I was already familiar with the concepts and information. So I quit reading it.
Although this book is nearly thirty years old, it was a thought-provoking read and definitely made me think, which was why I wanted to read it in the first place. Some of the examples seemed a bit old-fashioned and there was a couple of lines of argument that I thought were a bit weak, but on the whole, very interesting.
This is the first pop science book on rationality I ever read, and it made a great impression on me. Of course, this is now more than twenty years old (the first edition dates from 1992), and probably nowadays there are many eqivalent books, but this one gives a good overview of many common pitfalls in decision making, illustrating many cognitive biases: from selective evidence, to overconfidence and ignoring or misinterpreting evidence. So you wont' get exposure to the latest developments on decision making, but the topics he treats are still current - Sutherland was a psychologist by trade, and he seems to know very well what he was writing about, adding to this a gripping writing style.
One thing I learned is: if you phone your friend to tell him you wrecked his car, then tell him it was a joke, he will forever think of you as a bad driver, even if you returned the car he lent you in absolutely pristine conditions! The moral of it - careful when making jokes :-)
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One thing I learned is: if you phone your friend to tell him you wrecked his car, then tell him it was a joke, he will forever think of you as a bad driver, even if you returned the car he lent you in absolutely pristine conditions! The moral of it - careful when making jokes :-)
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