“The technical definition of heuristic is a simple procedure that helps find adequate, though often imperfect, answers to difficult questions. The”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“The first lesson is that errors of prediction are inevitable because the world is unpredictable. The second is that high subjective confidence is not to be trusted as an indicator of accuracy (low confidence could be more informative).”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“But we should not expect performance in officer training and in combat to be predictable from behavior on an obstacle field—behavior both on the test and in the real world is determined by many factors that are specific to the particular situation. Remove”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“Parrot like an African Grey. Your job, when sitting the
exam, is not to display learning, your job is to regurgitate
whatever you were told or read in the syllabus. Regardless
of what you think about what you were told, your job is to
repeat it back.The “Dear Evil Tester” Letters
11
For multiple choice: don’t think “what is the right answer?”,
instead think “what do they think is the right answer?”
Evil Tester answering "Do you have any tips on taking the {insert
nominated certification board name here}
certification exam?”
―
exam, is not to display learning, your job is to regurgitate
whatever you were told or read in the syllabus. Regardless
of what you think about what you were told, your job is to
repeat it back.The “Dear Evil Tester” Letters
11
For multiple choice: don’t think “what is the right answer?”,
instead think “what do they think is the right answer?”
Evil Tester answering "Do you have any tips on taking the {insert
nominated certification board name here}
certification exam?”
―
“we can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
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