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The Decisive Moment: How the Brain Makes Up Its Mind - Community Reviews back

by Jonah Lehrer
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XOX
XOX rated it 10 years ago
What an arrogant, lying scumbag. If you bought his book, Simon & Schuster would give you a refund if you have problem with it. "Mr. Lehrer, then a 31-year-old wunderkind of the journalism and publishing worlds, had fabricated quotes from Bob Dylan and recycled his own work from one publication ...
EricCWelch
EricCWelch rated it 11 years ago
Ceridwen
Ceridwen rated it 11 years ago
This book was pulled by its publisher because it was plagiarized and contained fabricated sources. This is the second book of Lehrer's to be recalled by the publisher for plagiarism, the first being Imagine: How Creativity Works. (Pretty fucking ironic title, amiright?) He has only "written" three b...
A Book Every Other Day
A Book Every Other Day rated it 12 years ago
Everything I expected through paradox of choice to be. The only difference is that How We Decide wasn't a disappointment.
Expatable Family
Expatable Family rated it 12 years ago
Similar to Blink, Outliers, and the Happiness Hypothesis, Lehrer draws on a wealth of case studies to prove our emotional brain is critical to our decision making process. He comes across as a young but talented author that could improve upon collecting his thoughts into an action based conclusion. ...
Sty of Books
Sty of Books rated it 12 years ago
This book was very taxing to read since it took me forever to get through and my brain kept shouting, "NO!" at every scientific inconsistency.Writing style wise, the book is captivating. Lehrer uses lots of stories to connect the psychological ideas with real-life. He's a great storyteller. It's eas...
Introverted Bear
Introverted Bear rated it 12 years ago
This book was very taxing to read since it took me forever to get through and my brain kept shouting, "NO!" at every scientific inconsistency.Writing style wise, the book is captivating. Lehrer uses lots of stories to connect the psychological ideas with real-life. He's a great storyteller. It's eas...
There Might Be Cupcakes and Books
There Might Be Cupcakes and Books rated it 13 years ago
I cannot in good conscience read any of his books, since he has admitted to fabricating quotes.
JulieM
JulieM rated it 13 years ago
This was an interesting and entertaining book about how human decision making is a combination of both logic and intuition. The book includes lots of data on various experiments that have been made in the past few decades. What I found interesting is that although we pride ourselves on using a rat...
realityinabox
realityinabox rated it 13 years ago
An interesting read. Mildly insightful. Worth a read if it sounds interesting.
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