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Re:Ask HN: Read any good books lately? by kalado on Monday September 16, 2019 @06:35AM (#20982706)
Non-Fiction:

- Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman | book on human rationality and irrationality

- An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield

Fiction:

- Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality | Petunia married a professor, and Harry grew up reading science and science fiction. http://www.hpmor.com/

- Off to Be the Wizard (Magic 2.0 Book 1) by Scott Meyer | Reality is defined in a text file, making the protagonist a wizard when he discovers it while hacking a company.

- The Magicians (series) by Lev Grossman

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Re:Ask HN: Read any good books lately? by paradoxos on Monday September 16, 2019 @06:55AM (#20982816)
Regarding Kahneman, keep in mind that in the following years there has been a lot of doubt - including by Kahneman himself - about the scientific validity of the evidence.

See also:

https://replicationindex.com/2017/02/02/reconstruction-of-a-...

https://retractionwatch.com/2017/02/20/placed-much-faith-und...

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Re:Ask HN: Read any good books lately? by kalado on Monday September 16, 2019 @07:13AM (#20982916)
Very interesting! I found the chapters on priming hard to believe anyway. Still a lot of good stuff in that book.

It's one of those lessons that you feel you know but get a much better understanding of when reading about it in-depth.

Same as "How to win friends and influence people"

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