Hanlon's Razor

Do not attribute to malice what is adequately explained by incompetence, distraction or ordinary incentives. In markets it keeps you from building conspiracies out of behaviour that a dull explanation covers, which is usually the cheaper hypothesis. Held too loosely it becomes naivety, so it is a prior rather than a verdict.

5 books · 3 people behind it · 3 resources

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  1. Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)Carol Tavris, Elliot Aronson, 2007
  2. Influence: The Psychology of PersuasionRobert B. Cialdini, 1984
  3. Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman, 2011

The people behind it 3

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Daniel Kahneman1 book here
RB
Robert B. Cialdini1 book here

Journalists 1

PB
Peter Bevelin1 book here

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Books 5