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“ [Metaphors] replace genuine uncertainty about the world with semantic ambiguity. A metaphor is a cover-up. ”

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It's frightening to think that you might not know something, but more frightening to think that, by and large, the world is run by people who have faith that they know exactly what is going on.

~ Amos Tversky

Amos Tversky Inference Truth

Chance is commonly viewed as a self-correcting process in which a deviation in one direction induces a deviation in the opposite direction to restore the equilibrium. In fact, deviations are not corrected as a chance process unfolds, they are merely diluted.

~ Amos Tversky

Amos Tversky Biases Chance Heuristics Judgment Uncertainty