{"id":1227,"date":"2007-09-28T22:51:05","date_gmt":"2007-09-28T20:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/2007\/09\/28\/unwillingness-to-face-reality\/"},"modified":"2007-10-03T18:48:19","modified_gmt":"2007-10-03T16:48:19","slug":"unwillingness-to-face-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/sciencesurf\/2007\/09\/unwillingness-to-face-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Unwillingness to face reality"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most recent Edge issue<\/a> cites<\/p>\n

… Kahneman’s view that “the administration’s unwillingness to face reality in Iraq reflects a basic human aversion to cutting one’s losses\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe same instinct that makes gamblers stay at the table, hoping to break even.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

as well as another one of Kahneman’s ideas<\/p>\n

“Why Hawks Win” was published in Foreign Policy (January\/February 2007); Kahneman points out that the answer may lie deep in the human mind. People have dozens of decision-making biases, and almost all favor conflict rather than concession. The article takes a look at why the tough guys win more than they should.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fortunately, the “hawks win” article is open to the world<\/a> — highly interesting also for those interested in science sociology. I believe that 80% of scientists asked probable think they believe to perform better than average (although only 50% can do ;-)<\/p>\n

img001816b.png<\/a><\/p>\n

The photo above was taken 1992 in Jaipur \/ India – it shows the Hawa Mahal<\/a> “Palace of Winds” constructed for the royal ladies of the court, most likely a viewing gallery. The building seen here from the front is just a fa\u00c3\u00a7ade — as can be seen from another photo on the net<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

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\n CC-BY-NC Science Surf , accessed 24.04.2026<\/span>\n <\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The most recent Edge issue cites … Kahneman’s view that “the administration’s unwillingness to face reality in Iraq reflects a basic human aversion to cutting one’s losses\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe same instinct that makes gamblers stay at the table, hoping to break even.” as well as another one of Kahneman’s ideas   CC-BY-NC Science Surf , accessed 24.04.2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-philosophy-of-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wjst.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}