# Gerd Gigerenzer
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gerd gigerenzer (born September 3, 1947, Wallersdorf, Germany) is a German psychologist who has studied the use of bounded rationality and heuristics in decision making. Gigerenzer is director emeritus of the Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition (ABC) at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and director of the Harding Center for Risk Literacy, both in Berlin, Germany.
Gigerenzer investigates how humans make inferences about their world with limited time and knowledge.
163. Intuition, Heuristics & Prediction: The Limits of LLMs in an Unstable World / Professor Gerd Gigerenzer
Today I have the pleasure of speaking with Professor Gerd Gigerenzer – a world-leading psychologist, author and internationally acclaimed expert in decision-making, risk literacy, and bounded rationality.
Formerly a Professor of Psychology at the University of Chicago and John M. Olin Distinguishe…
The Science of Decision Making - Prof. Gerd Gigerenzer - #27
Gerd Gigerenzer is a German psychologist, director of the Harding Center for Risk Literacy at the University of Potsdam, and director emeritus of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, where he led the Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition for over two decades. He is the aut…
Public health and truth
With Dr. Aseem Malhotra, Links to articlehttps://covid19.onedaymd.com/2025/07/aseem-malhotra-harm-caused-by-covid.htmlhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/13/aseem-malhotra-interview/https://doctoraseem.com/its-time-for-the-medical-establishment-to-admit-they-made-a-terrible-mistake/Uploaded 29…
Feynman's Restaurant Problem: The Neuroscience of Better Decisions (S2E26)
Every important decision hides the same question. Do you stick with what already works, or gamble on something new that might be better? A team of researchers just answered it with math, using a problem Richard Feynman scribbled on a napkin and left unsolved for nearly 50 years. Cole and Phil walk …
Big pharma and covid vaccines, Illusion of knowledge,
With Dr. Aseem Malhotra, Links to articlehttps://covid19.onedaymd.com/2025/07/aseem-malhotra-harm-caused-by-covid.htmlhttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/07/13/aseem-malhotra-interview/https://doctoraseem.com/its-time-for-the-medical-establishment-to-admit-they-made-a-terrible-mistake/Uploaded 19…
WS MoreOrLess: Risk Savvy
A famous probability puzzle is discussed involving goats and game shows with German psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer. Is he right to suggest in his new book 'Risk Savvy' that we really don't understand risk and uncertainty? And More or Less listeners weigh in on a problem from last week’s programme - h…
Gerd Gigerenzer, Psychologist on Heuristics, Decision-Making, and Economic Rationality
Gerd Gigerenzer, Ph.D, on Risk Literacy, Heuristics, and Making Decisions Under Uncertainty
@SilverDisobedience Perception Dynamics podcast host, Dian Griesel interviews psychologist and risk expert Gerd Gigerenzer about decision-making in an uncertain world; distinguishing calculable risks (lik…
Fast, Frugal and Focused: When less information leads to better decisions
Gregory Wheeler (MCMP) gives a talk at the MCMP Colloquium (25 June, 2014) titled "Fast, Frugal and Focused: When less information leads to better decisions". Abstract: People frequently do not abide by the total evidence norm of classical Bayesian rationality but instead use just a few items of in…
How to Stay Smart in a Smart World: Why Human Intelligence Still Beats Algorithms Audiobook by Gerd Gigerenzer
https://libranovo.com/free Listen to free audiobooks with a 30-day free trial! Title: How to Stay Smart in a Smart World: Why Human Intelligence Still Beats AlgorithmsGenres: Non-Fiction, Science & Technology, Psychology, ComputersAuthor: Gerd GigerenzerNarrator: Joel RichardsRelease date: 08-02-20…
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