Quote by Thomas Gilovich

“One of the biggest problems with people who think that they are smart is that they believe that the number of times they admit…

— Daniel Willey

“We often commit foolish mistakes in trying to be smart”

— siddharth joshi

“I have great respect for the corrosive influence of bias, systematic distortions of thought, the power of rationalization, the guises of self-interest, and the…

— Michael Crichton

“A lot of smart people are prone to over-analysis and tend to become paralyzed by indecision”

— Reid Hoffman

“It's easy to let your biases—political, intellectual, or otherwise—color your view of the world. A growing body of research suggests that even the smartest…

— Steven D. Levitt

How could so many intelligent people be so grievously wrong for such an extended period of time? How could they ignore so much overwhelming…

— Steven Johnson

“Even experts can make mistakes; my point is simply that it pays to be radically open-minded and triangulate with smart people.”

— Ray Dalio

“Oh, the irony. Cognitive biases prevent us from understanding cognitive biases.”

— Eric Barker

“Our society promotes cleverness instead of wisdom, and celebrates the most superficial, harsh, and least useful aspects of our intelligence.”

— Sogyal Rinpoche

“Perhaps the more that a person is an intellectual the more they are prone to misconceptions.”

— Taiichi Ohno

“In pursuit of happiness, smart people often end up dumbing down themselves.”

— Erol Ozan

“In fact, there is good scientific evidence to support the notion that being really intelligent and knowledgeable can be a disadvantage to some thinkers…

— Robert Carroll