I read this book by Matthew Walker a couple years ago and it influenced me to care more about my sleep quality. I now learn (belatedly) that there are many deep flaws contained within. Unlike when Daniel Kahneman retracted an entire chapter of Thinking Fast and Slow, Walker seems to have taken a different path. Did he actually post this inadequate reply on a disposable wordpress blog? ~ learn more
“It is likely that Kahneman’s book [Thinking Fast and Slow], or at least some of his chapters, would be very different from the actual book, if it had been written just a few years later. However, in 2011 most psychologists believed that most published results in their journals can be trusted.” | learn more
In his book Thinking Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman includes a chapter about psychological priming that draws on a number of research studies. This post’s author found those studies were way too small for the level of certainty expressed in the book. This article digs right in to each of them. Make sure you read Kahneman’s reply to the post’s author in the comments - it’s excellent. |learn more