Daniel Kahneman said this quote

“ The amount of evidence and its quality do not count for much, because poor evidence can make a very good story. 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. ”

Famous Quotes of Daniel Kahneman

Famous quotes of Daniel Kahneman from the classy quote

See all

Money does not buy you happiness, but lack of money certainly buys you misery.

~ Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman Happiness Misery Money

A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact.

~ Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman Psychology Science Social Behavior

We all care intensely for the narrative of our own life and very much want it to be a good story, with a decent hero.

~ Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman Decisions Motivation Personal Choices

The world makes much less sense than you think. The coherence comes mostly from the way your mind works.

~ Daniel Kahneman

Daniel Kahneman Mind Psychology