Decision making Quote by Ian Hacking Download Open image “It is so hard to make important decisions that we have a great urge to reduce them to rules.” — Ian Hacking ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Decision making Decisions Great Hard Important Important decision Rules
“In my short life I made so many choices just because i thought they were required, but my dad was right: there's no rulebook… — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
The truth is that many people set rules to keep from making decisions. — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
Simply having rules does not change the things that people want to do. You have to change incentive. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
I think there are ramifications for having rules when you don't have a problem. — Michael O'Rielly Copy Share Image
If there are rules, we're the ones making them. We can change them whenever we want to. — Isaac Marion Copy Share Image
“Instead of breaking or cherry-picking the rules, many just follow the inner rules, which have been instilled during their lifetime and have subtly permeated… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
To change rules that are already in place takes time, energy, perseverance and a lot of hard work. You only have so many of… — Peter McWilliams Copy Share Image
Simply having rules does not change the things that people want to do. You have to change incentives. — Jimmy Wales Copy Share Image
The best reaction to a paradox is to invent a genuinely new and deep idea. — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered. — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
Probability fractions arise from our knowledge and from our ignorance. — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
One ought to begin an analysis of power from the ground up, at the level of tiny local events where battles are unwittingly enacted… — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
It is possible to argue that our present conception of revolution was staked out more securely in science than in political action. — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
Why should there be the method of science? There is not just one way to build a house, or even to grow tomatoes. We… — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
Opinion is the companion of probability within the medieval epistemology. — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
Risk analysis can cater to any sort of hazard, but their profession owes its existence to a relatively narrow band of possible dangers. — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
In each case you settle on an act. Doing nothing at all counts as an act. — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
I think it's unfortunate when people say that there is just one true story of science. For one thing, there are many different sciences,… — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
As a political metaphor, a revolution could, in that sense, mean only a return to better times, or to the true constitution: a ridding… — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
“Labels such as ‘‘the culture wars,’’ ‘‘the science wars,’’ or ‘‘the Freud wars’’ are now widely used to refer to some of the disagreements… — Ian Hacking Copy Share Image
Making the right decision is hard,telling someone your decision is even harder. — Abhishek Tiwari Copy Share Image
It is said that history turns on small hinges. A human career, too, results from an accumulating series of decisions about large and small… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
“Exactly. So, what can't you take? Decide which of the two options is harder, and do the other. That way, no matter how hard… — Josephine Angelini Copy Share Image
“How can you make an informed decision about whether to save the world if you never leave your tiny part of it?” — Shaun David Hutchinson Copy Share Image
If you think of people as making decisions actively, every time we think about the cup of coffee, we say, "How much will I… — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
I never think of things rationally or intellectually. I swear, every single decision I make is just instinct and my instincts tend to be… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
“Slow down your thinking so you can note the criteria you are using to make your decision. 2. Write the criteria down as a principle.… — Ray Dalio Copy Share Image
My best business decision was to be independent as a musician and artist. My worst was compromising on certain aspects of a deal for… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
“Making a decision takes a moment, living a decision takes a life-time.” — Sherif A. El-Mawardy Copy Share Image
Cheshvan starts tonight," Rixon said, "What are you doing arsing around in a graveyard?" "Thinking." "Thinking?" "A process by which I use my brain… — Becca Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image