Heuristics and Biases Quotes

“People are often unaware of their own unawareness”
― Thomas Gilovich, Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment

“We tend to resolve our perplexity arising out of the experience that other people see the world differently than we see it ourselves by declaring that these others, in consequence of some basic intellectual and moral defect, are unable to see things “as they really are” and to react to them “in a normal way.” We thus imply, of course, that things are in fact as we see them, and that our ways are the normal ways. (Ichheiser, 1949, p. 39)”
― Thomas Gilovich, Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment

“We learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.”
― Thomas Gilovich, Heuristics and Biases: The Psychology of Intuitive Judgment