Quotes from Daniel Kahneman

and want is difficult at the best of times, and especially difficult when we most need to do it, but we can benefit from the informed opinions of others. Many

judgment, there is noise—and more of it than we think.

The best we can do is a compromise: learn to recognize situations in which mistakes are likely and try harder to avoid significant mistakes when the stakes are high.

If the individual has relevant expertise, she will recognize the situation, and the intuitive solution that comes to her mind is likely to be correct. This

Thoughts of any aspect of life are more likely to be salient if a contrasting alternative is highly available.

As you become skilled in a task, its demand for energy diminishes. Studies of the brain have shown that the pattern of activity associated with an action changes as skill increases, with fewer brain regions involved.

remarkable absence of systematic training for the essential skill of conducting efficient meetings.

Self-criticism is one of the functions of System 2. In the context of attitudes, however, System 2 is more of an apologist for the emotions of System 1 than a critic of those emotions—an endorser rather than an enforcer.

Adaptation to a new situation, whether good or bad, consists in large part of thinking less and less about it.

The dominance of conclusions over arguments is most pronounced where emotions are involved.

psychologist Paul Bloom, writing in The Atlantic in 2005, presented the provocative claim that our inborn readiness to separate physical and intentional causality explains the near universality of religious beliefs.

The mistake that people make in the focusing illusion involves attention to selected moments and neglect of what happens at other times.

we perceive the world of objects as essentially separate from the world of minds, making it possible for us to envision soulless bodies and bodiless souls.

I call it theory-induced blindness: once you have accepted a theory and used it as a tool in your thinking, it is extraordinarily difficult to notice its flaws.

Every large branch of the company has several qualified underwriters. When a quote is requested, anyone who happens to be available may be assigned to prepare it. In effect, the particular underwriter who will determine a quote is selected by a lottery.

The laziness of System 2 is an important fact of life, and the observation that representativeness can block the application of an obvious logical rule is also of some interest.

Most impressions and thoughts arise in your conscious experience without your knowing how they got there.

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As you become skilled in a task, its demand for energy diminishes.

In most situations, a direct comparison makes people more careful and more logical. But not always. Sometimes intuition beats logic even when the correct answer stares you in the face.

If you consider how much you should pay for a house, you will be influenced by the asking price. The same house will appear more valuable if its listing price is high than if it is low, even if you are determined to resist the influence of this number;

You make many small decisions as you drive your car, absorb some information as you read the newspaper, and conduct routine exchanges of pleasantries with a spouse or a colleague, all with little effort and no strain. Just like a stroll.

You think with your body, not with your brain.

and want is difficult at the best of times, and especially difficult when we most need to do it, but we can