What Daniel Kahneman thinks about benchmarks

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Psychologist and Nobel laureate (1934 to 2024); shared the 2002 Nobel memorial prize in economic sciences for integrating psychological research into economics; with Amos Tversky, developed prospect theory and the study of heuristics and biases.

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   Our readingSocial science disciplines use ritual tests of competence that screen work by form rather than substance

   Their wordsEvery discipline of social science, I believe, has some ritual tests of competence, which must be passed before a piece of work is considered worthy of attention. Such tests are necessary to prevent information overload, and they are also important aspects of the tribal life of the disciplines.

   ↗Daniel Kahneman – Biographical, Part 2: Eulogy for Amos Tversky (June 5, 1996)nobelprize.org 3rd of 6 in this piece