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How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life (Reprint Edition) by Thomas Gilovich Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 1993 ISBN-10: 0-02-911706-2 / 0029117062 ISBN-13: 978-0-02-911706-4 / 9780029117064 Thomas Gilovich offers a wise and readable guide to the fallacy of the obvious in everyday life. When can we trust what we believe--that "teams and players have winning streaks," that "flattery works," or that "the more people who agree, the more likely they are to be right"--and when are such belie |