Trial, Error and the God Complex

26 July, 2018 by James Lawther Leave a Comment

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The “God Complex” is the overwhelming belief that, no matter how complicated the problem, we are infallibly right in our solution.

Economist and journalist Tim Harford explains why we are deluding ourself and shows us the only problem solving technique that is guaranteed to work.

It’s the Second World War. A German prison camp. And this man, Archie Cochrane, is a prisoner of war and a doctor, and he has a problem. The problem is that the men under his care are suffering from an excruciating and debilitating condition that Archie doesn’t really understand. […]

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