Our adversarial collaboration pitted his heuristics and biases vs. my naturalistic decision-making view.Kahneman has inspired me and many others in a variety of ways.
And those were the reasons Danny invited me to join him in an adversarial collaboration, one of several he engaged in. Because we were adversaries, Danny wanted to see what we could discover. Danny disliked what he called the “angry science” of rivals trying to disqualify each other’s views. He thought adversarial collaborations offered a positive and productive alternative.
I am inspired by the whole process of adversarial collaboration. In contrast to Socrates's enduring influence, who attempted to demean and expose his debate adversaries, Danny took the opposite stance, a generous stance of trying to learn and make discoveries together. For me, Danny is aI am inspired by Danny’s pivots—especially the way it took up other topics, such as the basis ofI am inspired by the spirit of our debates. He showed how to disagree without being disagreeable.