Another great book for understanding how our minds function when it comes to thinking and doing. Kahneman dives a little too deep into economic science, which is what he won a Pulitzer prize for, and I found those pages a bit boring and unnecessary or unrelated to the main theme of the book. Other than that, "Thinking, Fast and Slow" is a book that ranks high on my list of recommended reading for anyone interested in how our mind works when it comes to how we think and process information.
Kahneman and Tversky, are psychologists who won a Nobel Prize in Economics, because of the importance of their work on decision making.
Most of it was about how logic is often not the factor in uncertainty, but how risk/reward is perceived in the process.
When used as an analogy for shot decision making some interesting parallels emerge.
Kahneman introduced the idea of social priming, environmental influences, in the fast/slow book.
That said, he has since backed off from his conclusions because cited small studies were given too much weight.
We make risk reward decisions, on the table, every time we play, so any insight into faulty thinking will likely help.
As with anything, unused data is just more noise.
If we can take something positive, from the findings, that we can use, it’s knowledge.
If we understand when and where to use it, that’s wisdom.
Their works on heuristics and biases is relevant to pool decision making.
Heuristics are basically, rules of thumb, we use, they categorized three types.
Many YouTube videos on playing position reveal an heuristic, using follow, has better speed control than draw.
Biases, relate to tendencies, preferences.
As an ex-snooker player, I tend to use more stun and draw for a perceived tighter rein on the cue ball.
My bias is for shorter distances to position.
Each are part of our decision making and other factor weigh in tipping choices in different directions.
A recent post on position revealed a Buddy Hall saying, “why play shape when you already have it?“
Is it a bias or a heuristic?
Regardless of which, does it enter into your decision making?
Part of the heuristics, bias concept is how heuristic short cuts can lead to biases.
Does it result in statistically flawed decisions?