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Original Title: Akılsız Duyguların Cezasını Kararlar Çeker

Remzi Kitabevi Yayınları 256 Pages
Publication Date: 10/2015
ISBN: 978-975-14-1689-6

Decisions Suffer The Punishment Of Foolish Decisions

Why do intelligent people make wrong decisions? A thin line separates the “good” and the “bad” decisions of humans. This book focuses on a thin line that has great significance in life. The decisions that we believe to result from our conscious and free will are mostly directed by external factors we are not aware of. This book searches the neuroscientific basis of the decisions made in life and qualifies as a valuable guide book for becoming aware of our irrational yet consistent behaviours and ‘“deciding without making a mistake” as against “thinking without thinking”.

What was said about the book

Acar Baltaş discusses the issue of decision making from multiple angles. With his fluent style, he presents to the reader a blend of the latest developments on the subject in different branches of science with his own experiences and observations. This is a work to be kept next to a manager’s reference books after reading it with pleasure.
Dr. CEM KOZLU, Director, author and consultant for the Coca Cola Company.

Acar Baltaş has explained very well how erroneous it is to try to make a decison without a mistake. Read the book and make peace with yourself. There cannot be unmistaken feelings or decisions without a mistake.
EGE CANSEN, Economist, economy analyst of the Sözcü newspaper.

Do we, the people, have a free will or not? Are we beings with long predetermined fortunes? Acar Baltaş answers these questions from a current and very important point that touches life. Are “we” and our brain separate beings? So well written to be read in a single breath, this improtant book puts the discussions of many centuries before us.
İSMET BERKAN, Hürriyet Newspaper columnist

In this book of his, Acar Baltaş shares with his usual open and effective style the answers he has found in the light of brain and behavioural sciences to the basic questions about our decisions.
Prof. Dr. YANKI YAZGAN, Marmara Üniversity Faculty of Medicine, Yale Child Study Center lecturer