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Blind spot : why we fail to see the solution right in front of us : how finding a solution to one of the world's greatest mysteries with the verifier method changes the way we approach success / Gordon Rugg with Joseph D'Agnese.

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Blind spot : why we fail to see the solution right in front of us : how finding a solution to one of the world's greatest mysteries with the verifier method changes the way we approach success / Gordon Rugg with Joseph D'Agnese.
Author
Rugg, Gordon.
Publication
New York, NY : HarperOne, [2013]

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D'Agnese, Joseph.
Description
297 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
Summary
"What can chess masters teach us about how humans become experts? Why can't race car drivers explain decisions they've made behind the wheel? What does predicting the winner of a soccer match say about our ability to make the right choice? When we talk about experts, we typically have bought into the idea that they have all the answers. Now, in this groundbreaking book, Gordon Rugg exposes the surprising ways in which all people tend to make the same sorts of mistakes, regardless of what field they are in, how smart they are, or even their level of expertise. Focusing on why and how we make decisions, Rugg offers insight into what motivates us, how we fail to find the answers we are looking for, how we can learn to ask the essential questions, and more. . . . Drawing on his personal odyssey in the field of human expertise, Rugg makes astute and entertaining conclusions about how and why we inevitably fail, and explains how to make better mistakes, work backward, and reengineer the ways we pursue success." -- Dust jacket.
Subject
  • Problem solving
  • Expertise
  • Knowledge, Theory of
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-288) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- The expert mind -- The knowledge within -- The imperfect expert -- From words to images -- Ambush in your mind -- The Voynich manuscript -- Dissecting verifier -- The mathematics of desire -- Fuzzing into mush -- Joining the stands.
ISBN
  • 9780062097903
  • 0062097903
LCCN
^^2012046662
OCLC
777622800
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library