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Judgment under Uncer... 03/26 Leif is currently reading:
Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases (Paperback)
by Daniel Kahneman (Editor)
bookshelves: cogsci, currently-reading, statistics
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Keys to Drawing 02/26 Leif is currently reading:
Keys to Drawing (Paperback)
by Bert Dodson
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Denyse Schmidt Quilt... 07/13 Leif is currently reading:
Denyse Schmidt Quilts: 30 Colorful Quilt and Patchwork Projects (Paperback)
by Denyse Schmidt
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June 30
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"Chance is commonly viewed as a self-correcting process in which a deviation in one direction induces a deviation in the opposite direction to restore the equilibrium. In fact, deviations are not "corrected" as a chance process unfolds, they are merely diluted." — Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman
June 24
Sometimes a Great No... Leif gave 4 of 5 stars to:
Sometimes a Great Notion (Paperback)
by Ken Kesey
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Leif Leif said: "Definitely more technical and self-aware than One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, this book is a bit more challenging of a read, but the plot and ultimate conclusion are perfect. I also really enjoyed Kesey's use of font and punctuation to blend the per...more "
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June 19
The Good Marriage: H... Leif marked as to-read:
The Good Marriage: How and Why Love Lasts (Paperback)
by Judith S. Wallerstein
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A General Theory of... Leif marked as to-read:
A General Theory of Love (Paperback)
by Lewis Thomas
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The Marriage-Go-Roun... Leif marked as to-read:
The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and the Family in America Today (Hardcover)
by Andrew J. Cherlin
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May 21
Learning in Graphica... Leif marked as to-read:
Learning in Graphical Models (Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning)
by Michael I. Jordan
bookshelves: statistics, to-read
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Markov Chain Monte C... Leif marked as to-read:
Markov Chain Monte Carlo in Practice (Interdisciplinary Statistics)
by D.J. Spiegelhalter
bookshelves: statistics, to-read
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Vision: A Computatio... Leif marked as to-read:
Vision: A Computational Investigation into the Human Representation and Processing of Visual Information (Paperback)
by David Marr
bookshelves: cogsci, psychology, to-read
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April 28
Adverbs: A Novel Leif marked as to-read:
Adverbs: A Novel (Hardcover)
by Daniel Handler
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"Chance is commonly viewed as a self-correcting process in which a deviation in one direction induces a deviation in the opposite direction to restore the equilibrium. In fact, deviations are not "corrected" as a chance process unfolds, they are merely diluted."
— Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman (Judgment under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases)












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