Daniel Kahneman Quotes

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• The conclusion is straightforward : self-control requires attention and effort.
• We can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.
• The dominance of conclusions over arguments is most pronounced where emotions are involved.
• We can't live in a state of perpetual doubt, so we make up the best story possible and we live as if the story were…
• Endlessly amused by people's minds.
• Laziness is built deep into our nature.
• Our memory tells us stories, that is, what we get to keep from our experiences is a story.
• The confidence people have in their beliefs is not a measure of the quality of evidence but of the coherence of the story the mind…
• Many ideas happen to us. We have intuition, we have feeling, we have emotion, all of that happens, we don't decide to do it. We…
• When people believe a conclusion is true, they are also very likely to believe arguments that appear to support it, even when these arguments are…
• The 'Instagram Generation' now experiences the present as an anticipated memory
• Slow thinking has the feeling of something you do. It's deliberate.
• The idea that you can ask one question and it makes the point - well, that wasn't how psychology was done at the time.
• You're surprised by something, but you don't really know what surprised you; you recognize someone, but you don't really know what cues cause you to…
• Human beings cannot comprehend very large or very small numbers. It would be useful for us to acknowledge that fact.
• I enjoy being active, but I look forward to the day when I can retire to the Internet.
• I'm not a great believer in self-help.
• If individuals are rational, there is no need to protect them against their own choices.
• The brain scientists are the wave of the future in the financial world. If you seek to maximize understanding, whether you're in academia or in…
• Managers think of themselves as captains of a ship on a stormy sea. Risk for them is danger, but they are fighting it, very controlled.

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