Studying neurobiology to understand humans is like studying ink to understand literature.
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Studying neurobiology to understand humans is like studying ink to understand literature.
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Never read a book review written by an author whose books you wouldn’t read.
(Heuristic)
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Be courteous and gentle, but never ever take criticism from people you wouldn’t hire.
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The be genuine, if you dismiss criticism by the herd, you must also ignore its praise.
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One more attempt with the title of the technical version.
Looks like:
*Elements of Risk Engineering: Probability and Decision in the Real World*
is more descriptive of the effort. I wanted Engineering in the title to stress the necessity of an anti-intellectual, nobullshit approach to risk.
I rewrote the introduction to cristallize the approach.
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