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June 5 - June 16, 2017
By changing the context in which two things are compared, you submerge certain features and force others to the surface.
Things are grouped together for a reason, but, once they are grouped, their grouping causes them to seem more like each other than they otherwise would. That is, the mere act of classification reinforces stereotypes. If you want to weaken some stereotype, eliminate the classification.
“Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases.”
When they made decisions, people did not seek to maximize utility. They sought to minimize regret.
For most people, the happiness involved in receiving a desirable object is smaller than the unhappiness involved in losing the same object.”
People did not choose between things. They chose between descriptions of things.
Fido barks and chases cars. Which is Fido more likely to be: (1) a cocker spaniel or (2) an entity in the universe?
