“The more pessimistic your explanatory style, the easier it is to slip into learned helplessness.” — David McRaney Copy Share Image
“Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter, both philosophers, wrote a book about this in 2004 called The Rebel Sell. It’s available in the… — David McRaney Books Copy Share Image
“THE MISCONCEPTION: Memories are played back like recordings. THE TRUTH: Memories are constructed anew each time from whatever information is currently available,… — David McRaney Memories Copy Share Image
“When you need something to be true, you will look for patterns; you connect the dots like the stars of a constellation.… — David McRaney Copy Share Image
“The real trouble begins when confirmation bias distorts your active pursuit of facts.” — David McRaney Copy Share Image
“A long day of dealing with bullshit often leads to an evening of no-decision television ...” — David McRaney Long day Copy Share Image
“If you are thinking about buying a particular make of new car, you suddenly see people driving that car all over the… — David McRaney Having a baby Copy Share Image
“You are a confabulatory creature by nature. You are always explaining to yourself the motivations for your actions and the causes to… — David McRaney Identity Copy Share Image
“To be less dumb is to see the danger in believing in forces that do not exist and trusting them when you… — David McRaney Trust yourself Copy Share Image
“You want to believe that those who work hard and sacrifice get ahead and those who are lazy and cheat do not.… — David McRaney True success Copy Share Image
“A lot of what you presume to be evidence of your intelligence is just part of a vast cultural inheritance.” — David McRaney Intelligence Copy Share Image
“Every day you feel like you can't control the forces affecting your fate-your job,the government,your addiction,your depression,your money. So you stage micro-revolts.… — David McRaney Death Copy Share Image
“All brains are bards, all selves audiences to the tales of who they are.” — David McRaney Copy Share Image
“The psychologist Jonathan Haidt says many people who don’t consciously believe in karma still believe deep down in some version of it,… — David McRaney Affirmative action Copy Share Image
“The future is the result of actions, and actions are the result of behavior, and behavior is the result of prediction.” — David McRaney Habits Copy Share Image
“You are biased to overestimate the emotional impact of future events.” — David McRaney Copy Share Image
“[If you hear a] story about how eating sausage leads to anal cancer, you will be skeptical, because it has never happened… — David McRaney Cancer Copy Share Image
“To match the complexity of your conscious experience and your unconscious processing, to deal with the constant confusion bombarding your senses and… — David McRaney Psychology Copy Share Image
“Power breeds certainty, and certainty has no clout against the unpredictable, whether you are playing poker or running a country.” — David McRaney Doubt Copy Share Image
“It is the result of thinking, not the process if thinking, that occurs spontaneously in consciousness.” — David McRaney Philosophy of Mind Copy Share Image
“If you fail to believe you will procrastinate or become idealustic about how awesome you are at working hard and managing your… — David McRaney Failure Copy Share Image
“To be sure, you would like to live in a world where people in white hats bring people in black hats to… — David McRaney Control of your life Copy Share Image
“To escape consumerism and conformity, you must turn your back and ignore the mainstream culture. The shackles when then fall away, the… — David McRaney Computers Copy Share Image
“You can’t improve the things you love if you never allow them to be imperfect. Thinking in this way, if you looked… — David McRaney Copy Share Image
“THE MISCONCEPTION: You are a rational, logical being who sees the world as it really is. THE TRUTH: You are as deluded… — David McRaney Truth Copy Share Image
