Tag: cognitive bias
12 quotes
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Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all.
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WEIRD - Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic
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…yes it is quite possible to take a very intelligent human and make them believe completely ridiculous things, in a manner similar to the Marcus/Davis blunder-eliciting inputs (hereinafter BEIs). Given that humans have been provided by evolution…
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To see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle.
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What evidence would you need to see to change your mind? The honest answer to this question is usually: I need a new story that’s more immediate, more vivid and most of all, more culturally aligned than the one I have now. It took humans 100,000…
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It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they’ve been fooled.
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What gets us into trouble is not what we don't know. It's what we know for sure that just ain't so.
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Don't believe everything you think.
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On average, bad things happen fast and good things happen slow.
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It pays to keep an open mind, but not so open your brains fall out.
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The first principle is that you must not fool yourself – and you are the easiest person to fool.
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People (and, arguably, other animals as well) trying to obtain a desired outcome that occurs independently of their behavior tend to believe that they are causing the outcome.