korrents

Our readingWhat is a korrent?

Strong intuitions that seem clear lack a way of calibrating, which makes people wildly overconfident about what they know and reluctant to accept they may be wrong.

Drawn from what Daniel Kahneman said

What these subjects mean

humility Knowing what you do not know: whether it makes you learn and decide better, or costs you the self-belief that gets things done.

behavioural science Applying how people actually decide to policy, rather than assuming how they should.

Your own biases

Which mental models help you think better?under our view: Your own mind is biased: seek the disconfirming evidence and keep checklists

What Daniel Kahneman actually said

  1. Daniel Kahneman Psychologist and Nobel laureate (1934 to 2024)
    we have no way of calibrating ourselves so that makes us wildly overconfident about what we know and reluctant to accept that we may be wrong

    Watch from 1:05:35 plays here

    ↗Daniel Kahneman | The Knowledge Project #68youtube.com

    12 Oct 2019 · video · 1h 06m · spoken · machine transcript

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