Decision Making Talks  Fall 2000

Penn Decision processes series

Fri Oct 6 4:00 p.m.
  • Robyn Dawes (Carnegie Mellon University)
  • "The retrospectively based illusion of total 'understanding' versus statistical predictions rules that actually work, somewhat".
  • Princeton University, Langfeld Lounge, Green Hall
Tues Oct 17 1:00 pm
  • Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini (Cognitive Science, University of Arizona)
  • "Knowledge of probability and utility: problems at the cognitive/normative interface"
  • Room 101, Psychology Bldg., Busch Campus, Rutgers University
Fri Dec 1 4:00 pm
  • Daniel T. Gilbert, Harvard University
  • "Some problems in affective forecasting (or why the secret of happiness is a secret)"
  • Princeton University, Langfeld Lounge, Green Hall