Reasoning with Heuristics

How rational are human beings? What kinds of mental shortcuts do we take, and how can reasoning go wrong? In this lecture, I'll talk about decision-making heuristics, rationality, and some possible explanations for our less-than-rational tendencies!

0:00 – Intro
0:48 – Thinking fast and slow
3:39 – Snap judgments
8:49 – Representativeness heuristic
17:09 – Availability heuristic
22:14 – Anchoring heuristic
27:09 – How rational are human beings?
33:51 – Key concepts

Sources:
Kahneman (2011). Thinking fast and slow. https://books.google.com/books?id=SHv...
Tversky & Kahneman (1974). Judgment under uncertainty: heuristics and biases. https://www.science.org/doi/abs/10.11...
Dennett (2017). From bacteria to Bach and back: The evolution of minds. https://books.google.com/books?id=PEp...