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Struggling with Reason? Daniel Kahneman spent years mastering this exact challenge. This collection captures their most practical insights on Reason, each quote backed by source context so you can trace the thinking. Whether you need immediate guidance or long-term frameworks, Daniel Kahneman's approach cuts through the noise and gives you actionable wisdom. Use this archive whenever you're making decisions about Reason and need clarity from someone who's been there.
"Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance. Ch. 19, "The illusion of understanding" p. 201."
"It took Francis Galton several years to figure out that correlation and regression are not two concepts – they are different perspectives on the same concept. The general rule is straightforward but has surprising consequences: whenever the correlation between two scores is imperfect, there will be regression to the mean. Ch. 17, "Regression to the mean" p. 181."
"There is a deep gap between our thinking about statistics and our thinking about individual cases. Ch. 15, "Causes trump statistics" p. 174."
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"No one ever made a decision because of a number. They need a story. Michael Lewis. "The Undoing Project: A Friendship that Changed the World". Penguin, 2016 (ISBN 9780141983035)."
"There's literally no difference between a physician recognizing a disease from a "facial expression", and a little child pointing to something and saying "doggie". Talks at Google - Nov 10, 2011"
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