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Invisible Gorill How Our Intuitions Deceive Us
Have you ever been in a position where you thought of an outcome to a situation, only to find out that the complete opposite happened and you thought “I would have known that would happen!”? Contrary to what you and countless others like you believe, you are most likely incorrect. Many people have confidence in knowing what their mind perceives from what they see or hear, but in actuality they have no clue. Renowned psychologists Christopher Chabris and Daniel Simons capitalize on this issue of “knowing yet not knowing” in their book titled, “The Invisible Gorilla: How Our Intuitions Deceive Us.” In this informative book, the psychologists write about their findings in experiments they have conducted and how the results poke at the question
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