Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
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"Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment" is a non-fiction book that examines the often-overlooked variability and inconsistency in human decision-making and offers strategies to reduce such errors in fields like law, medicine, and business.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment canonical | 3 |
| noise in human judgment | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7652186 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment Context triple: [Daniel Kahneman, notableWork, Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment]
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A.
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
"Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters" is a non-fiction book by cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker that explores the nature of human reasoning, why people often think irrationally, and how better reasoning can improve individual and societal decision-making.
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B.
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
"Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness" is a popular behavioral economics book by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein that explains how subtle changes in choice architecture can steer people toward better decisions without restricting their freedom.
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C.
The Signal and the Noise
The Signal and the Noise is a book by statistician Nate Silver that explores how to make better predictions by distinguishing meaningful signals from misleading noise in data across fields like politics, economics, and science.
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D.
Two Faces of Common Sense
Two Faces of Common Sense is a section in Karl Popper’s work "Objective Knowledge" where he analyzes and contrasts different aspects of everyday common-sense thinking in relation to scientific knowledge.
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E.
The Intelligence of Emotions
The Intelligence of Emotions is the subtitle of Martha C. Nussbaum’s philosophical work "Upheavals of Thought," which explores how emotions are integral to rational judgment, ethics, and human flourishing.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment Target entity description: "Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment" is a non-fiction book that examines the often-overlooked variability and inconsistency in human decision-making and offers strategies to reduce such errors in fields like law, medicine, and business.
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A.
Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
"Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters" is a non-fiction book by cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker that explores the nature of human reasoning, why people often think irrationally, and how better reasoning can improve individual and societal decision-making.
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B.
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
"Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness" is a popular behavioral economics book by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein that explains how subtle changes in choice architecture can steer people toward better decisions without restricting their freedom.
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C.
The Signal and the Noise
The Signal and the Noise is a book by statistician Nate Silver that explores how to make better predictions by distinguishing meaningful signals from misleading noise in data across fields like politics, economics, and science.
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D.
Two Faces of Common Sense
Two Faces of Common Sense is a section in Karl Popper’s work "Objective Knowledge" where he analyzes and contrasts different aspects of everyday common-sense thinking in relation to scientific knowledge.
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E.
The Intelligence of Emotions
The Intelligence of Emotions is the subtitle of Martha C. Nussbaum’s philosophical work "Upheavals of Thought," which explores how emotions are integral to rational judgment, ethics, and human flourishing.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | non-fiction book ⓘ |
| appliesToField |
business
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law ⓘ medicine ⓘ public policy ⓘ |
| author |
Cass R. Sunstein
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linked to:
Cass Sunstein
Daniel Kahneman ⓘ Olivier Sibony ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
noise is a major, underappreciated source of error in human judgment
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organizations can systematically reduce noise in decisions ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| focusesOn |
reduction of judgment errors
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system noise ⓘ unwanted variability in professional judgments ⓘ |
| genre |
behavioral economics
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decision-making literature ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
| hasForm |
audiobook edition
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e-book edition ⓘ hardcover edition ⓘ paperback edition ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
designing better decision processes
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improving accuracy in judgments ⓘ improving fairness in decisions ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers interested in decision-making
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policy makers ⓘ professionals ⓘ |
| notableFor | popularizing the concept of noise in judgment ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| proposes |
methods to measure noise
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strategies to reduce noise ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2021 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Little, Brown Spark
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linked to:
Little, Brown and Company
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| relatedConcept |
bias
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heuristics ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Thinking, Fast and Slow ⓘ |
| structure | multiple parts discussing theory, measurement, and remedies ⓘ |
| subject |
cognitive bias
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decision-making ⓘ judgment error ⓘ noise in human judgment ⓘ
linked to:
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
organizational decision-making ⓘ variability in decisions ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
case studies
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empirical research findings ⓘ thought experiments ⓘ |
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Subject: Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment Description of subject: "Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment" is a non-fiction book that examines the often-overlooked variability and inconsistency in human decision-making and offers strategies to reduce such errors in fields like law, medicine, and business.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Daniel Kahneman (honorary doctorate, not student)
linked to: Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment