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Score the parts before you trust the whole

In 1955, a 21-year-old army lieutenant replaced gut-feel interviews with scored questions, and the predictions got better. Research and a bestselling book show when structure beats intuition, and where the book went too far.

Major #3: PsychologyThe story: Daniel Kahneman (1950s). The book: Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman.

About 8 minutes

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In this lesson

  • A young lieutenant and an interview that failed
  • Trying to be reliable made them valid
  • What the research says
  • The book: Thinking, Fast and Slow
  • What the evidence says about the book
  • Where this comes from
  • Try it today
  • 4 questions to check yourself

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