Word: groupthinker
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...case of Noorzai is just more evidence of the plague of groupthink that has struck U.S. decision makers, from the mishandling of pre-9/11 intelligence to the mistakes in Iraq. Officials made contact with a valuable source but then just let him rot in jail with the crucial information. Such missteps have cost billions of taxpayers' dollars and thousands of soldiers' lives...
...were not fooled again. We were just part of a nation that was led by fools - again. Jorge Ovalle Bloomington, Illinois, U.S. This administration repeats lessons from our recent past. Both the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Vietnam War were also partly caused by something called groupthink, in which decision makers consider advice only from those who back one set of ideas. George Bush was elected in part as the education President. One of the hallmarks of an educated person is willingness to critically evaluate evidence for and against hypotheses: in this case, that Iraq...
...bush administration repeats lessons from our recent past. Both the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Vietnam War were also partly caused by something called groupthink, in which decision-makers consider advice only from those who back one set of ideas. One of the hallmarks of an educated person is willingness to critically evaluate evidence for and against hypotheses: in this case, that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction and was supporting al-Qaeda. For that, I give him an F in critical thinking and in leadership. Joseph Melcher St. Cloud, Minnesota...
This administration repeats lessons from our recent past. Both the Bay of Pigs invasion and the Vietnam War were also partly caused by groupthink, in which decision makers took advice only from those who shared their ideas. Bush was elected in part as the education President. An educated person should critically evaluate evidence for and against hypotheses--in this case, that Iraq had WMDs and was supporting al-Qaeda. For that, I give him an F in critical thinking and in leadership...
...driving force behind prediction markets is something called information aggregation. Traditionally, it has been the realm of professionals such as pollsters or weather forecasters or the CIA. Those experts tend to be knowledgeable but are prone to certain limitations: personal bias, groupthink, clashing personalities. "In companies, not only are people afraid to get an answer, they are afraid of asking the question," says Emile Servan-Schreiber, CEO of NewsFutures Inc., which sells markets programs to corporations. So a market can benefit from outsiders' views that are reflected, in real time, in the form of prices. The dirty secret is that...