psychology

when faced with multiple demands, our mental capacity is simply too limited to be able to handle everything at once, and the verification process is one of the first things to go. When that happens, we are left with uncorrected beliefs, things that we will later recall as true when they are, in fact, false. (Are there poisonous snakes in Maine?

And to understand that our preconceived view of our specialness is a hindrance of creative expression.

“Not being nice may look promising at first, but in the long run it can destroy the very environment it needs for its own success.”

‘If you want enemies, excel your friends; but if you want friends, let your friends excel you.’

“How much more likely does the flu shot letter make people to get a shot?” and “How can we be sure that this will generalize beyond these two hundred people?” This is why there are two numbers your quantitative research is likely to report: an effect size and a p-value. Effect size answers the first question: it tells you whether the letter was

The improbable is not yet impossible. As we deduce, we are too prone to that satisficing tendency, stopping when something is good enough.

Earlier I traced people’s confidence in a belief to two related impressions: cognitive ease and coherence.

The ultimate lesson of the question was that detailed prior knowledge was less important than a way of thinking.

Your inner vision and your energy are connected. If you wake up in the morning and focus on all the bad things that could possibly happen, your energy level will be low. If you wake up and imagine exciting possibilities and focus on all the great things that you get to do, your energy level will lift. Where your attention goes, your energy flows.