
11. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Education Bookcast
Getting Rid of Ambiguity
As people we generally disregard a lot of ambiguity because otherwise we would spend the whole day not knowing what anyone was saying. We need to get rid of ambiguity in order to lead our lives more efficiently however because we disregard ambiguity obviously this can lead to some problems. It's partly where humor comes from ambiguous sentences is where things can be funny because surprising things can happen basically with the language. But also ambiguity can mean that you as I say jump to conclusions and that can be a problem with your thinking so there's the neglect of ambiguity let me give you another similar example will Susan be a good leader she is intelligent and intelligent, yeah they like a good arrow. There are six different ways