Sublime

They believed that humans are “predictably irrational” and eventually won a Nobel Prize for their work. Now, they and colleagues have identified hundreds of cognitive biases that affect judgment and decision-making.

Kahneman later codified his research in the 2011 bestseller Thinking, Fast and Slow.3 Man, he wrote, has two systems of thought: System 1, our animal mind, is fast, instinctive, and emotional; System 2 is slow, deliberative, and logical. And System 1 is far more influential. In fact, it guides and steers our rational thoughts. System 1’s inchoate

people have a strong tendency to go along with the status quo or default option.

Les psychologues contemporains comme Daniel Kahneman affirment que nous avons un cerveau bi-processeur, avec un système de pensée principalement automatique et fonctionnant sur des habitudes, et un autre système de pensée capable de pensée plus consciente et plus rationnelle. Le système conscient réflexif est plus lent, demande plus d’énergie que

Imagine that you face the following pair of concurrent decisions. First examine both decisions, then make your choices. Decision (i): Choose between A. sure gain of $240 B. 25% chance to gain $1,000 and 75% chance to gain nothing Decision (ii): Choose between C. sure loss of $750 D. 75% chance to lose $1,000 and 25% chance to lose nothing

The big surprise to me was that the intuitive judgment that the interviewers summoned up in the “close your eyes” exercise also did very well, indeed just as well as the sum of the six specific ratings. I learned from this finding a lesson that I have never forgotten: intuition adds value even in the justly derided selection interview, but only