What Makes Us Smart

What Makes Us Smart
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Publisher : Princeton University Press
Total Pages : 218
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ISBN-10 : 9780691205717
ISBN-13 : 069120571X
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Book Synopsis What Makes Us Smart by : Samuel J. Gershman

Download or read book What Makes Us Smart written by Samuel J. Gershman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-19 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: are we smart? -- Rational illusions -- Structure and origins of inductive bias -- Learning from others -- Good questions -- How to never be wrong -- Seeing patterns -- Are we consistent? -- Celestial teapots and flying spaghetti monsters -- The frugal brain -- Language design -- The uses of randomness -- Conclusion: what makes us smart.


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