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Konnikova: Humans differentiate correct from incorrect intuitions roughly 50% of time
“We have intuitions all the time, and we are actually horrible, horrible, horrible at being able to tell the correct intuitions from the wrong intuitions. We're about fifty-fifty, and that's a really bad track record. And sometimes our intuitions are spot on, a…”
Maria Konnikova Oct 25, 2022 ▶ 31:02 TKP Insights: Making (Even) Better Decisions
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Humans distinguish correct from incorrect intuitions at only a 50-50 rate
“Because one of the things I learned in psychology is that, you know, we have intuitions all the time, and we are actually horrible, horrible, horrible at being able to tell the correct intuitions from the wrong intuitions. We're about fifty-fifty, and that's a…”
Maria Konnikova Aug 4, 2020 ▶ 44:37 #89 Maria Konnikova: Less Certainty, More Inquiry
Assertion Supported
Patients unable to feel fear make catastrophic gambling decisions
“There's psychological work that shows that people who can't experience certain emotions like fear because they have neural damage, they actually make really bad gambling decisions and they go broke because they just don't care. They have no risk conversion wha…”
Maria Konnikova Aug 4, 2020 ▶ 50:46 #89 Maria Konnikova: Less Certainty, More Inquiry
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Konnikova: No-limit Texas hold 'em remains computationally unsolved
“Poker actually, no limit hold him is still unsolved.”
Maria Konnikova Aug 4, 2020 ▶ 10:01 #89 Maria Konnikova: Less Certainty, More Inquiry
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Konnikova: Professional poker tournament fields are 97% male
“Because let's just do a little caveat here to say that poker, professional poker is about 97% male. So a woman, being a woman in poker is being a huge outlier. I mean, three percent of you in any given tournament field.”
Maria Konnikova Aug 4, 2020 ▶ 57:35 #89 Maria Konnikova: Less Certainty, More Inquiry
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