Texas Governor Buses Illegal Immigrants to Kamala Harris’ Residence; She Is Not Amused

Kamala Harris

After Vice President Kamala Harris declared on national television that the U.S. border is secure last Sunday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent two buses carrying 101 illegal immigrants to her residence. Fox News reported that the migrants were dropped off at the gate outside Harris’ Naval Observatory residence on Thursday morning. The group had been …

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Critical Thinking: Decisions and System 1 System 2 Thinking

Critical Thinking: Decisions and System1 System2 Thinking   Figure 1 Integrated System 1 and System 2 Approach Daniel Kahneman identified System 1 and System 2 as two different ways to think through issues and solve problems. System 1 is quick and intuitive. System 2 is slower and process knowledge driven. Good teams fuse the two …

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Bidenflation: The American Working Class Are Primarily Republican Voters, So You Can’t Expect the Biden Administration to Consider Them, Can You?

I was wryly amused to see these two editorial links together on the front page of The Wall Street Journal’s website front page Wednesday morning. As President Joe Biden wants desperately to reduce inflation, with the midterm elections just 55 days away, it demonstrates the lack of thought the Administration has put into its policies. …

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Critical Thinking: Bounded Rationality and Time

Critical Thinking: Bounded Rationality and Time Time is one component of bounded rationality. The Bounded Rationality Model (see the introduction to this series) includes cognitive limitations and information/knowledge quality. Severe time constraints can drive a decision to System 1 approaches, with the decision based on assumptions, heuristics, and intuition. Some organizations “punt” and refuse to …

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