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"Just started this one. It's good so far. I enjoyed listening to Dan Ariely's talk on it he gave at the James Randi Education Foundation, and I really liked his book Predictably Irrational. I think in the next 50 years Behavioral Economics will become one of the most important fields in science." — Nov 11, 2013 08:30PM
"Just started this one. It's good so far. I enjoyed listening to Dan Ariely's talk on it he gave at the James Randi Education Foundation, and I really liked his book Predictably Irrational. I think in the next 50 years Behavioral Economics will become one of the most important fields in science." — Nov 11, 2013 08:30PM
“My view is that if there is no evidence for it, then forget about it. An agnostic is somebody who doesn’t believe in something until there is evidence for it, so I’m agnostic.”
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“the mind is a neural computer”
― How the Mind Works
― How the Mind Works
“The human brain, it has been said, is the most complexly organised structure in the universe and to appreciate this you just have to look at some numbers. The brain is made up of one hundred billion nerve cells or "neurons" which is the basic structural and functional units of the nervous system. Each neuron makes something like a thousand to ten thousand contacts with other neurons and these points of contact are called synapses where exchange of information occurs. And based on this information, someone has calculated that the number of possible permutations and combinations of brain activity, in other words the numbers of brain states, exceeds the number of elementary particles in the known universe.”
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“Who is more humble? The scientist who looks at the universe with an open mind and accepts whatever the universe has to teach us, or somebody who says everything in this book must be considered the literal truth and never mind the fallibility of all the human beings involved?”
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“Oh, Jeeves,' I said; 'about that check suit.'
Yes, sir?'
Is it really a frost?'
A trifle too bizarre, sir, in my opinion.'
But lots of fellows have asked me who my tailor is.'
Doubtless in order to avoid him, sir.'
He's supposed to be one of the best men in London.'
I am saying nothing against his moral character, sir.”
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Yes, sir?'
Is it really a frost?'
A trifle too bizarre, sir, in my opinion.'
But lots of fellows have asked me who my tailor is.'
Doubtless in order to avoid him, sir.'
He's supposed to be one of the best men in London.'
I am saying nothing against his moral character, sir.”
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