Sutherland, N. S. <br/><br/>
Irrationality :  the enemy within / 
Stuart Sutherland. 
 - [New] edition /  foreword, Ben Goldacre ; afterword, James Ball. 
 - xi, 336 pages ;  20 cm 
<br/><br/> Previous edition: London: Constable, 1992. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Why do doctors, army generals, high-ranking government officials, and other people in positions of power make bad decisions that cause harm to others? On the other hand, why do people insist on sitting through an awful play or film just because the tickets were expensive? Irrational beliefs and behaviours are virtually universal. It is not only gamblers and parapsychologists that fall into simple statistical traps to do with sample sizes or simple assumptions, but experts of all types, selection committees, and everyday people. 'Irrationality' is an iconoclastic volume that draws on a mass of intriguing research to examine why we are irrational, the different types of irrationality, the damage it does us , and the possible cures. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781780660257 (pbk.) :  £9.99 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Reasoning (Psychology)<br/>Psychology.<br/>Psychology.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>153.4'3