Decision making Quote by Richard A. Clarke

Cognitive bias is the biggest self-imposed obstacle to progress, not only for oneself but in the end, for all mankind.

— Anonymous

“Cognitive bias will maintain their belief in the impossible long after the facts have been made clear to them. Only when confronted with impending…

— David VanDyke

We historians are increasingly using experimental psychology to understand the way we act. It is becoming very clear that our ability to evaluate risk…

— Niall Ferguson

Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.

— Malcolm Gladwell

“We develop them over time. Beginning in childhood, we learned a series of conditioned responses that led us to react automatically (as in, without…

— Darren Hardy

“Humans are cognitive misers because their basic tendency is to default to Type I processing mechanisms of low computational expense. Using less computational capacity…

— Keith E. Stanovich

Nature has color-coded groups of individuals so that statistically reliable predictions of their adaptability to intellectually rewarding and effective lives can easily be made…

— William Shockley

“As dysfunctional as they may be on occasion, our theories, preconceptions, and “biases” are what make us smart.”

— Thomas Gilovich

New research into cognitive functioning - how the brain works - proves that bullet points are the least effective way to deliver important information.

— Carmine Gallo

“The human brain always concocts biases to aid in the construction of a coherent mental life, exclusively suitable for an individual’s personal needs.”

— Abhijit Naskar

“Knowing how people operate and being able to judge whether that way of operating will lead to good results is more important than knowing…

— Ray Dalio

“the adaptive capabilities of our brains—like pattern recognition—did not evolve to make sense of complex commercial environments like those we live in.”

— David DiSalvo