Faced with a complex system characterized by delay and feedback, our intuition often serves to occlude understanding. According to the authors of these two books, that fact does little to diminish our confidence in what our senses and intuition tell us and the stories we create to make sense of the world:
The Invisible Gorilla and Other Ways our Intuitions Deceive Us
Everything is Obvious (Once You Know the Answer): How Common Sense Fails Us
The scientific method remains our best path to understanding, sometimes in spite of our intuition and common sense.
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