Intelligence is not only the ability to reason; it is also the ability to find relevant material in memory and to deploy attention when needed.
“Feeling superior and beyond it is a sure sign that the irrational is at work.”
― The Concise Laws of Human Nature
― The Concise Laws of Human Nature
“Unfortunately there is no doubt about the fact that man is, as a whole, less good than he imagines himself or wants to be. Everyone carries a shadow, and the less it is embodied in the individual’s conscious life, the blacker and denser it is. –Carl Jung”
― The Concise Laws of Human Nature
― The Concise Laws of Human Nature
“Because of the coincidence of two planes crashing last month, she now prefers to take the train. That’s silly. The risk hasn’t really changed; it is an availability bias.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“أؤمن كل الايمان بأن الموظف رقيق القرن العشرين”
― أنا
― أنا
“بعض الظروف تحيط بالشعوب فتجعل الحيدة بالقياس إلي بعض أبنائها إثما لا يُغتفر ، ولا تُمحي أثاره.”
― الأيام
― الأيام
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