Anusha Narasimhan’s Reviews > Harry James Potter-Evans-Verres and the Methods of Rationality > Status Update
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"I’ve read The Feynman Lectures (or volume 1 anyway) and Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases and Language in Thought and Action and Influence: Science and Practice and Rational Choice in an Uncertain World and Godel, Escher, Bach and A Step Farther Out and—”
Yay! I've got a couple of books to add to Mt. TBR. Don't you love it when you get book recommendations from a book?
— May 01, 2017 06:07AM
Yay! I've got a couple of books to add to Mt. TBR. Don't you love it when you get book recommendations from a book?
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Anusha’s Previous Updates
Anusha Narasimhan
is on page 128 of 343
“That you do not know it for a certainty may reflect only your own ignorance." - I'm gonna say this to all the non-intuitive people who frown upon my intuitive methods.
— May 01, 2017 06:23AM
Anusha Narasimhan
is on page 116 of 343
"Clever kids in Ravenclaw, evil kids in Slytherin,
wannabe heroes in Gryffindor, and everyone who does the actual work
in Hufflepuff." - That's what I thought. And I don't belive in the Pottermore sorting, FYI.
— May 01, 2017 06:15AM
wannabe heroes in Gryffindor, and everyone who does the actual work
in Hufflepuff." - That's what I thought. And I don't belive in the Pottermore sorting, FYI.
Anusha Narasimhan
is on page 110 of 343
And the sine curve dips again. Desensitisation therapy? My foot!
— May 01, 2017 06:03AM
Anusha Narasimhan
is on page 107 of 343
Why am I upset that Harry is smarter than Hermione? I did predict that, but it's still a bummer. Although, learning about "positive bias" was nice.
— May 01, 2017 05:57AM
Anusha Narasimhan
is on page 87 of 343
The funny thing about this book is that my opinion of Harry wavers like a sine curve. Now I like him again because he hasn't lost his moral sense.
— May 01, 2017 05:51AM
Anusha Narasimhan
is on page 80 of 343
"Giving someone a straight gift of two Sickles was found to be twice
as effective as offering them twenty Sickles in getting them to do what
you want…”
— May 01, 2017 05:47AM
as effective as offering them twenty Sickles in getting them to do what
you want…”
Anusha Narasimhan
is on page 62 of 343
That sly little devil... definitely a Slytherin!
— May 01, 2017 05:33AM
Anusha Narasimhan
is on page 60 of 343
"scientifically illiterate was not at all the same thing as stupid." - Agreed!
— May 01, 2017 05:30AM
Anusha Narasimhan
is on page 51 of 343
"I know about the concept of child abuse, I know about inappropriate touching and all of that and if anything like that happened I would call the police! And report it to the head teacher! And look up social services in the phone book! And tell Grandpa and Grandma and Mrs. Figg!" - Attaboy, Harry!
— May 01, 2017 05:27AM
Anusha Narasimhan
is on page 46 of 343
So Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky proposed the planning fallacy phenomenon... I really must read "Thinking, Fast and Slow" once I finish this book.
— May 01, 2017 05:23AM
