Inevitable Illusions: How Mistakes of Reason Rule Our Minds
 

Inevitable Illusions: How Mistakes of Reason Rule Our Minds

by Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini

"Fascinating and insightful. . . . I cannot recall a book that has made me think more about the nature of thinking." -- Richard C. Lewontin

Harvard University

Everyone knows that optical illusions trick us because of the way we see. Now scientists have discovered that cognitive illusions, a set of biases deeply embedded in the human mind, can actually distort... (read more)

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