People like leaders who look like they are dominant, optimistic, friendly to their friends, and quick on the trigger when it comes… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“The difficulties of statistical thinking contribute to the main theme of Part 3, which describes a puzzling limitation of our mind: our… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Doubts are suppressed by groups... But remember that the internal incentives that shape how the group perceives risks and rewards may be… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“As I described earlier, System 1 is not prone to doubt. It suppresses ambiguity and spontaneously constructs stories that are as coherent… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“Confidence is a feeling, which reflects the coherence of the information and the cognitive ease of processing it. It is wise to… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“Experts who acknowledge the full extent of their ignorance may expect to be replaced by more confident competitors, who are better able… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Doubting what you see is a very odd experience. And doubting what you remember is a little less odd than doubting what… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
We can't live in a state of perpetual doubt, so we make up the best story possible and we live as if… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“Experts who acknowledge the full extent of their ignorance may expect to be replaced by more confident competitors, who are better able… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“An unbiased appreciation of uncertainty is a cornerstone of rationality—but it is not what people and organizations want.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Economists think about what people ought to do. Psychologists watch what they actually do. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“People who are poor think like traders, but the dynamics are quite different. Unlike traders, the poor are not indifferent to the differences between… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“Mood evidently affects the operation of System 1: when we are uncomfortable and unhappy, we lose touch with our intuition.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
The confidence that individuals have in their beliefs depends mostly on the quality of the story they can tell about what they see, even… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“So this is my aim for watercooler conversations: improve the ability to identify and understand errors of judgment and choice, in others and eventually… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“For example, I recently came to doubt my long-held impression that adultery is more common among politicians than among physicians or lawyers.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Survival prospects are poor for an animal that is not suspicious of novelty. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“the idea of money primes individualism: a reluctance to be involved with others, to depend on others, or to accept demands from others.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Most of the moments of our life - and I calculated, you know, the psychological present is said to be about three seconds long;… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“knowing little makes it easier to fit everything you know into a coherent pattern.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Experts don't know exactly where the boundaries of their expertise are. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
