Finished the Invisible Gorilla (http://www.theinvisiblegorilla.com/). It was an interesting "read". It ended up being a very nice overview of psychology - providing a few key experiments, explaining correlation/causation and the need for experimental validation of claims on causation. It also provided a reminder of the need to fully assess what data you are presented with, and what data is missing (the harder part).
Examples included the misunderstanding of causation with respect to vaccination and the supposed link between measles vaccination and autism. There were also discussions regarding the strength of personal narratives, and how they tend to outweigh experimental evidence. Nice discussion on "only using 10% of your brain" using the unique term "Brain porn" to describe pictures of brain scans used to support such claims.
All in all a good use of time.
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