Quotes About Cognition

Ainsi, si un élément de réalité contredit l'une de mes croyances, je peux assimiler (déformer la réalité pour la faire cadrer avec mes croyances) ou accommoder (modifier ma croyance pour intégrer la réalité).

My behavior makes perfect sense to me.

Wie ein Buckel schlepp' ich mein schweres Gehirn.

When all is said and done, a single word, "understanding," is the beacon light of our studies —MARC BLOCH

To perceive means to immobilize ... we seize, in the act of perception, something which outruns perception itself.

Nous ne voyons pas les choses mêmes ; nous nous bornons, le plus souvent, à lire des étiquettes collées sur elles.

le cerveau ne détermine pas la pensée ; et par conséquent la pensée, en grande partie du moins, est indépendante du cerveau.

There is no such thing as an underestimate of average intelligence.

It is impossible to underrate human intelligence - beginning with one's own.

The eye may see for the hand, but not for the mind.

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.

Daniel Kahneman's book Thinking, Fast and Slow,

And once he had seen this, he could never again see it otherwise, just as we cannot reconstruct an illusion once it has been explained.

The first step in battling the illusion of control is to be aware of if. But even then it is difficult, once we think we see a pattern, we do not easily let go of our perception.

Research suggests when it comes to understanding our feelings, we humans have an odd mix of low ability and high confidence.

the human sensory system sends the brain about eleven million bits of information each second.9 However, anyone who has ever taken care of a few children who are all trying to talk to you at once can testify that your conscious mind cannot process anywhere near that amount. The actual amount of information we can handle has been estimated to be somewhere between sixteen and fifty bits per second.

The principles of morality are a product not of feeling, but of cognition.

Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?

Whoever in discussion adduces authority uses not intellect but rather memory.

Three classes of people: Those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.

The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.

There are three classes of people: those who see. Those who see when they are shown. Those who do not see.

Le malattie delle persone intelligenti per tre quarti provengono dalla loro intelligenza.