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Likely Quotes by Daniel Kahneman
- We are often confident even when we are wrong, and an objective observer is more likely to detect our errors than we are.
- People who are cognitively busy are also more likely to make selfish choices, use sexist language, and make superficial judgments in social situations.
- 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…
- We have no reason to expect the quality of intuition to improve with the importance of the problem. Perhaps the contrary: high-stake problems are likely…
- If there is time to reflect, slowing down is likely to be a good idea.
- If you're going to be unreligious, it's likely going to be due to reflecting on it and finding some things that are hard to believe.
- Intuitive diagnosis is reliable when people have a lot of relevant feedback. But people are very often willing to make intuitive diagnoses even when they're…
- Policy makers, like most people, normally feel that they already know all the psychology and all the sociology they are likely to need for their…
- A person who has not made peace with his losses is likely to accept gambles that would be unacceptable to him otherwise.
- You are more likely to learn something by finding surprises in your own behavior than by hearing surprising facts about people in general.
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