The world as postulated by the recovered-memory theorists i… - Robyn Dawes

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The world as postulated by the recovered-memory theorists is not an impossible one—just an extraordinarily unlikely one.

Robyn Dawes

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Robyn Mason Dawes (July 23, 1936 – December 14, 2010) was an American psychologist who specialized in the field of human judgment.

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Birth Name: Robyn Mason Dawes

Alternative Names: Robyn M. Dawes • R. M. Dawes

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Believing you’re good at something just because you do it—without any information that you’re doing it well—is indeed irrational.

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