After a couple of months hiatus, I decided it was time to put back on my thinking cap and prepare for another Skeptical Salon discussion.

I was a thrilled recipient this Christmas of Daniel Kahneman's new book "Thinking, Fast and Slow". If you aren't familiar with Kahneman, feel free to consult Wikipedia:

"With Amos Tversky and others, Kahneman established a cognitive basis for common human errors using heuristics and biases (Kahneman & Tversky, 1973; Kahneman, Slovic & Tversky, 1982; Tversky & Kahneman, 1974), and developed prospect theory (Kahneman & Tversky, 1979). He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for his work in prospect theory."

In his new book, he discusses  the two systems that drive the way we think--system 1 being intuitive and system 2 being deliberative--and explains when we can and cannot trust our intuitions and how we can benefit from more deliberative thinking.

We touched on this topic about a year ago when he read Jonah Lehrer's "How We Decide", so you may be familiar with many of the concepts, but I believe this comprehensive and highly anticipated new book by Kahneman warrants a new discussion.

Whether you've read the book or not, please join us on Sunday, February 19th at 6pm at Cafe Ventana in the big conference room in the Annex for what I hope will be a logical, deliberative discussion that just may change the way you think about thinking.

See you at the Salon!

kellyg