David Dunning
@daviddunning6
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Studying the psychology underlying human misbelief. In academic dialect: Walgreen Professor of the Study of Human Understanding, Univ of Michigan he/him
Ann Arbor, MI
Joined October 2015
Magic 8 Ball says signs point toward True.
Axiom: No matter how many people contributed to an achievement, all the glory will belong to one. (works in politics, in science, in everything. we have 1 slot in our brain only, and 1 person gets all the credit). Implication: Most myths of how things happened are untrue.
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Take a sip. You don't know what you're missing.
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Of course, the analysis is incomplete, in that you have to consider NOT going for it when you shouldn't. I wonder what a combined analysis would look like.
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Going for it on 4th down when you should, according to the analytics. Go Lions!. Actually, intrigued that nearly two-thirds of the league is at 50% or less in their decision-making.
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Why 13% of Americans think they can land a plane in an emergency. No Such Thing, a brand new podcast by Manny Fidel, Noah Friedman, and Devan Joseph. I chime in with my own 2 cents.
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NO SUCH THING · Episode
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RT @CFCamerer: Podcast w/ the amazing @Ritholtz Master in Business is now out (Apple, Spotify etc-- MiB is popular! ) Barry's summary here….
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RT @idreesali114: A person eats inside of a restaurant with plywood covering the windows near the White House in Washington, U.S., Novembe….
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RT @60Minutes: On Election Day 160 years ago, the Civil War wasn’t going well, and it looked like Abraham Lincoln would not be reelected. S….
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Pulitzer?.
i said to myself this picture must have been doctored. But i just went and pulled it off getty myself
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When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. Maya Angelou.
new: Washington Post publisher Will Lewis explains why The Post won’t be endorsing for president:
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RT @RCGD_ISR: Leading up to Election Day, @daviddunning6 @RCGD_ISR @um_psychology-- a foremost scholar on the psychology underlying misbeli….
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RT @jason_kint: NYT tweeted this to its 55 million followers and it has under 500 retweets - presumably suppressed due to the link out. “Jo….
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RT @tweets_on_camp: Can’t wait for @mwkraus ‘s talk @RCGD_ISR ! Note the room change: we will be in Thompson 6050.
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