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Two psychologists proved smart judgment fails in predictable ways
Anyone who leans on expert intuition or wants the human story behind behavioral economics will see how friendship exposed our mental shortcuts—and how those shortcuts undid the friendship itself.
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About Amos Tversky
Amos Nathan Tversky was an Israeli cognitive and mathematical psychologist and a key figure in the discovery of systematic human cognitive bias and handling of risk.
Everything about Amos Tversky →- Occupation
- psychologist, economist, university teacher, author
- Citizenship
- Israel
- Born
- March 16, 1937
- Died
- June 2, 1996