Quote by Daniel Kahneman Download Open image ““Do we still remember the question we are trying to answer? Or have we substituted an easier one?”” — Daniel Kahneman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“when faced with a difficult question, we often answer an easier one instead, usually without noticing the substitution.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
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“Are you still forgetting things?" "I don't know, I can't remember," I said.” — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“What are you thinking?” I asked. “That we should’ve been doing this a long time ago.” — Richelle Mead Copy Share Image
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“Be careful. You think you know the answers but you don't even know what the questions are.” — Raveswood Copy Share Image
“It was a question now, rather than a statement; a question with no answer.” — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
Economists think about what people ought to do. Psychologists watch what they actually do. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“People who are poor think like traders, but the dynamics are quite different. Unlike traders, the poor are not indifferent to the differences between… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“Mood evidently affects the operation of System 1: when we are uncomfortable and unhappy, we lose touch with our intuition.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
The confidence that individuals have in their beliefs depends mostly on the quality of the story they can tell about what they see, even… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“So this is my aim for watercooler conversations: improve the ability to identify and understand errors of judgment and choice, in others and eventually… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“For example, I recently came to doubt my long-held impression that adultery is more common among politicians than among physicians or lawyers.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Survival prospects are poor for an animal that is not suspicious of novelty. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“the idea of money primes individualism: a reluctance to be involved with others, to depend on others, or to accept demands from others.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Most of the moments of our life - and I calculated, you know, the psychological present is said to be about three seconds long;… — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
“knowing little makes it easier to fit everything you know into a coherent pattern.” — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image
Experts don't know exactly where the boundaries of their expertise are. — Daniel Kahneman Copy Share Image