Hank Davis

Hank Davis is a psychologist whose writing examines why intuitive habits can remain persuasive even when better evidence is available. Caveman Logic draws on evolutionary psychology to explain superstition, pattern-seeking, tribal loyalty, and other shortcuts that once offered reassurance but can mislead people in modern settings. Prometheus published the book in 2009. Davis served as a psychology professor at the University of Guelph and later became professor emeritus. His background in experimental psychology and animal cognition gives the book a comparative perspective, but its practical focus stays on how readers can recognize weak reasoning and use scientific habits more deliberately.