Intuitions

'Intuitions' had in any case a negative value, as protests against the sufficiency of the empirical analysis.

The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Leslie Stephen 1868

Intuitions that nobody other than a trained economist could have.

Town Vs. Gown, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Intuitions can rarely be expressed in terms of thought.

CHAPTER 17 2010

We're talking this hour about how our brains pay attention with my guests, Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, author of "The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways our Intuitions Deceive Us."

How We Pay Attention 2010

Even though you might think you're absorbing it all, there's no way you can take in everything at once, says Daniel Simons, a cognitive psychologist and author, with Christopher Chabris, of "The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us" (Crown, $27).

Overload of information can be a disadvantage to investors 2010

Not so, say Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, authors of the new book, The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us. While gut instincts, even Oprah's, are fine for emotional preferences like deciding which ice cream you might like, or even which coworker you might get along with, they are pretty lousy decision makers for much else.

Don't Trust Your Gut 2010

In their new book, The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us, they define "gut feelings" as something we intuitively accept and believe, which then influences our decisions automatically and without reflection.

The Conversation: Go With Your Gut? 2010

We're talking this hour about how our brains pay attention with my guests, Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons, author of "The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways our Intuitions Deceive Us."

How We Pay Attention 2010

Even though you might think you're absorbing it all, there's no way you can take in everything at once, says Daniel Simons, a cognitive psychologist and author, with Christopher Chabris, of "The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us" (Crown, $27).

Overload of information can be a disadvantage to investors 2010

Even though you might think you're absorbing it all, there's no way you can take in everything at once, says Daniel Simons, a cognitive psychologist and author, with Christopher Chabris, of "The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us" (Crown, $27).

Overload of information can be a disadvantage to investors 2010