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The truth is that we humans live on the surface, reacting emotionally to what people say and do. We form opinions of others and ourselves that are rather simplified. We settle for the easiest and most convenient story to tell ourselves.
“Many facts of the world are due to chance, including accidents of sampling. Causal explanations of chance events are inevitably wrong.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“people make judgments and decisions by consulting their emotions: Do I like it? Do I hate it? How strongly do I feel about it? In many domains of life, Slovic said, people form opinions and make choices that directly express their feelings and their basic tendency to approach or avoid, often without knowing that they are doing so.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“even sophisticated researchers have poor intuitions and a wobbly understanding of sampling effects.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
“أؤمن كل الايمان بأن الموظف رقيق القرن العشرين”
― أنا
― أنا
“Because of the coincidence of two planes crashing last month, she now prefers to take the train. That’s silly. The risk hasn’t really changed; it is an availability bias.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
Alaa’s 2025 Year in Books
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