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    "pk": 32234,
    "title": "Rationality the Fast and Frugal Way",
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    "abstract": "In a major theoretical paper, Gigerenzer and Goldstein (1996a) argue that classical rationality should be rejected as a norm of good reasoning, and that this thesis undermines both rational models of human thought and the alternative heuristics-and-biases program. They illustrate their argument by proposing that a specific cognitive estimation problem may be carried out by the \"Take the Best\" algorithm, which is \"fast and frugal,\" but not rational. We argue: (1) that \"fast and frugal\" cognitive algorithms may approximate rational norms, and only in this way can their success be explained; and (2) that new computer simulations, and considerations of speed and generality, suggest that other algorithms are at least as psychologically plausible as Take the Best.",
    "language": "eng",
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    "section": "Long Papers",
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        {
            "first_name": "Nick",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Chater",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "School of Psychology, University of Wales Cardiff",
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        {
            "first_name": "Martin",
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            "last_name": "Redington",
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            "institution": "Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong",
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        {
            "first_name": "Ramin",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Nakisa",
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            "institution": "Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong",
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            "first_name": "Mike",
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            "last_name": "Oaksford",
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            "institution": "Aritificial Intelligence Laboratory, University of Michigan",
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    "date_submitted": null,
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    "date_published": "1997-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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