“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
“Catharsis THE MISCONCEPTION: Venting your anger is an effective way to reduce stress and prevent lashing out at friends and family. THE… — David McRaney Anger Copy Share Image
“Brand loyalty—that nebulous emotional connection people have with certain companies, which turns them into defenders and advocates for corporations who don’t give… — David McRaney Brand loyalty Copy Share Image
“When the third person effect leads you to condone censorship, take a step back and imagine the sort of messages people on… — 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 Misconception Copy Share Image
“If you look to the downtrodden and wonder why they can’t pull themselves out of poverty and get a nice job like… — David McRaney Poverty Copy Share Image
“You are aware only of a small amount of the total information your eyes take in, and even less is processed by… — David McRaney Copy Share Image
“We reach for the same brand not because we trust its quality but because we want to reassure ourselves that we made… — David McRaney Copy Share Image
“Capable psychonauts who think about thinking, about states of mind, about set and setting, can get things done not because they have… — David McRaney Copy Share Image
“Where people see themselves in a harsh yellow light of obectivity…about 20 percent of all people live in that spot and psychologists… — David McRaney Psychology 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
“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
“When you need something to be true, you will look for patterns; you connect the dots like the stars of a constellation.… — David McRaney Divination Copy Share Image
“Having a dissenting opinion on movies, music, or clothes, or owning clever or obscure possessions, is the way middle-class people fight one… — David McRaney Music Copy Share Image
“there is a growing body of work coming out of psychology and cognitive science that says you have no clue why you… — David McRaney 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 Bias Copy Share Image
“J. E. Littlewood, a mathematician at Cambridge University, wrote about the law of truly large numbers in his 1986 book, "Littlewood's Miscellany."… — David McRaney Average person 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
“You make plans and decisions assuming randomness and chaos are for chumps. The illusion of control is a peculiar thing because it… — David McRaney Bigger picture Copy Share Image
“Wiseman speculated that what we call luck is actually a pattern of behaviors that coincide with a style of understanding and interacting… — David McRaney Habits Copy Share Image
“In experiments at Baylor University where people were given Coke and Pepsi in unmarked cups and then hooked up to a brain… — David McRaney Research Copy Share Image
“Jokes and movies, comic books and professional wrestling, television shows and news programs—they all present dramatic interpretations of facts and fiction in… — David McRaney Books Copy Share Image
“you are the same as an insect, just with a more complex nervous system responding to stimuli with a wider array of… — David McRaney Consciousness Copy Share Image
“Do you vote? If not, is it because you think it doesn’t matter because things never change, or politicians are evil on… — David McRaney Politics Copy Share Image
“In science, you move closer to the truth by seeking evidence to the contrary. Perhaps the same method should inform your opinions… — David McRaney Science Copy Share Image
“If you see lots of shark attacks in the news, you think, 'Gosh, sharks are out of control.' What you should think… — David McRaney Fish Copy Share Image
“If you neglect your personal space and allow chaos and clutter to creep in, it will affect you, and perhaps encourage further… — David McRaney Improve your life Copy Share Image
