“For some of our most important beliefs, we have no evidence at all, except that people we love and trust hold these beliefs. Considering how little we know, the confidence we have in our beliefs is preposterous—and it is also essential.” (Daniel Kahneman, psychologist and economist)
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In your own words, what is the main idea of the quote above by Daniel Kahneman, Israeli-American psychologist and economist?
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” (Albert Einstein)
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Getting Personal
Given the increase of fake news and propaganda in the mass media, how confident are you about many of your beliefs about the world you live in? What gives you the most confidence about your beliefs?
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INSIGHTS for SUCCESS
“But once you have a belief system everything that comes in either gets ignored if it doesn’t fit the belief system or get[s] distorted enough so that it can fit into the belief system. You gotta be continually revising your map of the world.” (Robert Anton Wilson)
“It is hard to think differently. To change your world, change your thoughts.” Debasish Mridha
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