# Thinking, Fast and Slow ## Metadata * Author: [Daniel Kahneman](https://www.amazon.comundefined) * ASIN: B00555X8OA * ISBN: 0374533555 * Reference: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00555X8OA * [Kindle link](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B00555X8OA) ## Highlights The surprising success of equal-weighting schemes has an important practical implication: it is possible to develop useful algorithms without any prior statistical research. Simple equally weighted formulas based on existing statistics or on common sense are often very good predictors of significant outcomes. In a memorable example, Dawes showed that marital stability is well predicted by a formula: frequency of lovemaking minus frequency of quarrels You don’t want your result to be a negative number. — location: [3768](kindle://book?action=open&asin=B00555X8OA&location=3768) ^ref-56966 ---