PDF Psychology of Intelligence Analysis Download
- Author: Richards J Heuer
- Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
- ISBN: 1839743050
- Category : History
- Languages : en
- Pages : 344
In this seminal work, published by the C.I.A. itself, produced by Intelligence veteran Richards Heuer discusses three pivotal points. First, human minds are ill-equipped ("poorly wired") to cope effectively with both inherent and induced uncertainty. Second, increased knowledge of our inherent biases tends to be of little assistance to the analyst. And lastly, tools and techniques that apply higher levels of critical thinking can substantially improve analysis on complex problems.