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“The world makes much less sense than you think. The coherence comes mostly from the way your mind works.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“If a satisfactory answer to a hard question is not found quickly, System 1 will find a related question that is easier and will answer it. I call the operation of answering one question in place of another substitution.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“In a later chapter he describes a massive failure of intuition: Americans elected President Harding, whose only qualification for the position was that he perfectly looked the part. Square jawed and tall, he was the perfect image of a strong and decisive leader. People voted for someone who looked strong and decisive without any other reason to believe that he was. An intuitive prediction of how Harding would perform as president arose from substituting one question for another. A reader of this book should expect such an intuition to be held with confidence.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“To be useful, your beliefs should be constrained by the logic of probability.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“Indeed, there is evidence that people are more likely to be influenced by empty persuasive messages, such as commercials, when they are tired and depleted.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
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