"Humans react to danger when it is immediate,……" — Daniel Gilbert
"Humans react to danger when it is immediate, immoral, visible... Global warming does not press any of those buttons."
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56 Quotes by Daniel Gilbert
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In short, we derive support for our preferred conclusions by listening to the words that we put in the mouths…
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People want to be happy, and all the other things they want are typically meant to be a means to…
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We are happy when we have family, we are happy when we have friends and almost all the other things…
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Human beings are works in progress that mistakenly think they're finished.
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