“We hold many dubious beliefs, in other words, not because they satisfy some important psychological need, but because they seem to be the most sensible conclusions consistent with the available evidence. People hold such beliefs because they seem, in the words of Robert Merton, to be the “irresistible products of their own experience.”7 They are the products, not of irrationality, but of flawed rationality.”
― How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
― How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
“Cities have personalities, just as people do, and that finding the right place to live is akin to finding the right partner to live with.”
― The Winter of Our Disconnect
― The Winter of Our Disconnect
“What we believe is heavily influenced by what we think others believe”
― How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
― How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
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