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This document discusses the trade-off between accuracy and generalizability in modeling human cognition. It contrasts rational theories, which are generalizable but often inaccurate, with heuristics proposed by Kahneman and Tversky, which are accurate to human behavior but hard to generalize. The text argues for a new approach that incorporates the limitations of computational resources into rational models to better describe real-world human decision-making.
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"However, when it comes to understanding the human mind, these two goals—accuracy and generalizability—have long been at odds with each other."Source
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"The problem with rationality as a basis for modeling human cognition is that it is not accurate."Source
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"Kahneman and Tversky proposed that in many situations people instead follow simple heuristics that allow them to reach good solutions at low cognitive cost but sometimes result in errors."Source
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"Ultimately, what we need is a way to describe how human minds work that has the generalizability of rationality and the accuracy of heuristics."Source
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