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December 2, 2012 - August 11, 2013
Every time we start a new project convinced that we know how long it will take to complete, we are under an illusion.
those who are the least skilled are the most likely to think better of themselves than they should—they
the most incompetent among us tend to be the most overconfident,
Antoni Gaudi began to direct the construction of the Sagrada Familia Church in Barcelona in 1883, and he said in 1886 that he could finish it in ten years. It is expected to be completed in 2026, a mere one hundred years after his death.14
“brain porn,” the colorful images of blobs of activity on brain scans that can seduce us into thinking we have learned more about the brain (and the mind) than we really have.
