Gerd Gigerenzer, Author . Simon & Schuster $25 (320p) ISBN 978-0-7432-0556-6
If a woman aged 40 to 50 has breast cancer, nine times out of 10 it will show up on a mammogram. On the other hand, nine out of 10 suspicious mammograms turn out not to be cancer. Confused? So are many people who seek certainty through numbers, says
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Gerd Gigerenzer, Author . Viking $25.95 (280p) ISBN 978-0-670-03863-3
G
igerenzer's theories about the usefulness of mental shortcuts were a small but crucial element of Malcolm Gladwell's bestseller Blink,
and that attention has provided the psychologist, who is the director of the Max Planck Institute for
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Gerd Gigerenzer. MIT, $29.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-262046-95-4
Gigerenzer (Risk Savvy), director emeritus at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development, offers plausible reassurance for those who fear artificial intelligence is poised to take over human decision-making. Things that AI can do well,...
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