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This ancient mechanism is put to a novel use in the modern world: it has some influence on how people vote. Todorov showed his students pictures of men’s faces, sometimes for as little as one-tenth of a second, and asked them to rate the faces on various attributes, including likability and competence. Observers agreed quite well on those ratings.
... See moreDaniel Kahneman • Thinking, Fast and Slow
For most people, these disagreements are manageable, because at the end of the day, it’s the notion of a powerful them hiding the truth that motivated them to dig deeper, find one another, and form a community. They can all agree on that. Then group psychology took over; now they are bound by tribalism and reputation management, signaling to one
... See moreDavid McRaney • How Minds Change: The Surprising Science of Belief, Opinion, and Persuasion
Because that print-only option was a decoy employing relativity to push us toward the combo deal.
Dan Ariely • Dollars and Sense
Peter Kaufman
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arguments for the superiority of some over others fail both because we are descended from the same father (Adam) and because we were created by the same Father (God).
Shai Held • Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life
Their lack of showmanship turned out to be a masterful touch of showmanship. Were they simply modest? Or unwilling subjects controlled by a higher power?
Teller Jim Steinmeyer • Hiding the Elephant: How Magicians Invented the Impossible and Learned to Disappear
Even a false statement, repeated often, can be perceived as
Michael W. Preis • 101 Things I Learned® in Business School (Second Edition)
“Your Truth” doesn’t exist.
“Truth? What is that?” — it’s the rhetorical question Pontius Pilate posed to Jesus in the Gospel of John.
Pilate’s world-weary cynicism suggested that truth is slippery and subjective, impossible to pin down. His question should resonate with modern audiences — in our current grappling with the nature of reality, facts,
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