Work Classification Layer
Compare Works
Pick two or more works to set their attribute fingerprints, dimension-by-dimension passages, and shared school embodiments side by side. Especially useful for author-stage comparisons (Wittgenstein early vs late) and for setting a single tradition's foundational texts against each other.
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
Kahneman et al.'s 2021 study of noise — random variability — as the underappreciated partner of bias in judgment
Attribute Fingerprint
Rows where works disagree are highlighted in gold. The full ontology grid is shown.
| Attribute | Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment (Late) |
|---|---|
| Time · Extent | Infinite |
| Time · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Time · Grain | Continuous |
| Time · Freedom | Non-Deterministic |
| Time · Traversability | Linear |
| Time · Dimensionality | One |
| Time · Direction | Uni-directional |
| Space · Extent | Infinite |
| Space · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Space · Curvature | Flat |
| Space · Dimensionality | Three |
| Space · Locality | Local |
| Matter · Extent | Infinite |
| Matter · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Matter · Conservation | Conserved |
| Matter · Dimensionality | Three |
| Matter · Locality | Local |
| Observer · Time Instance | Single |
| Observer · Space Instance | Single |
| Observer · Knowledge Extent | Partial |
| Observer · Knowledge Retainment | Partial |
| Observer · Physicality | Embodied |
| Observer · Agency | Active |
| Observer · Number | Plural |
| Observer · Metaphysical Agency | None |
| Observer · Moral Authority | Reason |
| Observer · Theological Method | — |
| Energy · Extent | Infinite |
| Energy · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Energy · Conservation | Conserved |
| Energy · Dispersibility | Irreversible |
| Information · Ontological Status | Substantival |
| Information · Cosmic Conservation | Variable |
| Information · Personal Conservation | Variable |
| Information · Granularity | Discrete |
Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence
What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.
Time
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
The 2010s research programme; the 2021 contemporary moment of algorithmic-vs-human-judgment debate.
Space
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
The institutional decision-making contexts — courtrooms, hospitals, insurance offices — studied.
Matter
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
The embodied judgment-making humans whose noise is the topic.
Observer
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
The decision-maker as both subject and observer of noisy judgment.
Energy
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
The cognitive energies of effortful expert judgment.
Information
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment
The institutional decision-information whose quality noise degrades.
Internal Tensions
Where each work's argument pulls against itself.
The book's policy-prescriptive recommendations have been variously assessed — defenders see them as proper decision-hygiene, critics worry about the displacement of human judgment by algorithmic substitutes.