11. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
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Answering an Easier Question
The basic idea is that when you offered a question which is actually very difficult or quite difficult to answer then typically a thing to do is to try to answer a questions which is in fact easier. The heuristic question meaning the question you ask yourself kind of without realising it to answer the question is how much emotion do i feel when thinking of dying dolphins next example how happy are you with your life these days? Then does this woman look like a political winner so you basically just make your decision based on what she looks like instead of some sort of deeper thinking about really what are the chances and some kind of deeper analysis. A few other biases that are connected to this answering easier question idea
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