450 Quotes by Daniel Kahneman

Some memories come with a very compelling sense of truth about them. And that happens to be the case even with memories that are not true.

Except for some effects that I attribute mostly to age, my intuitive thinking is just as prone to overconfidence, extreme predictions, and the planning fallacy as it was before I made a study of these issues.

To better avoid errors, you should talk to people who disagree with you and you should talk to people who are not in the same emotional situation you are.

Political columnists and sports pundits are rewarded for being overconfident.

I don't try to be clever at all. The idea that I could see what no one else can is an illusion.

Mental effort, I would argue, is relatively rare. Most of the time we coast.

The premise of this book is that it is easier to recognize other people's mistakes than your own.

The experiencing self lives in the moment; it is the one that answers the question, 'Does it hurt?' or 'What were you thinking about just now?' The remembering self is the one that answers questions about the overall evaluation of episodes or periods of one's life, such as a stay in the hospital or the years since one left college.

An individual who expresses high confidence probably has a good story, which may or may not be true.