Thinking, Fast and Slow (Doubleday Canada, 2011)

Their wordsNothing in life is as important as you think it is when you are thinking about it.

Their wordsA reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth.

Their wordsOur comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.

Their wordsThe confidence that individuals have in their beliefs depends mostly on the quality of the story they can tell about what they see, even if they see little.

Their wordsThe premise of this book is that it is easier to recognize other people's mistakes than our own.

Their wordsThe illusion that we understand the past fosters overconfidence in our ability to predict the future.

Their wordswe can be blind to the obvious, and we are also blind to our blindness.

Their wordsWe are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world and to underestimate the role of chance in events.

Their wordsExpertise is not a single skill; it is a collection of skills

Their wordsThis is the essence of intuitive heuristics: when faced with a difficult question, we often answer an easier one instead, usually without noticing the substitution.

Their wordsA general “law of least effort” applies to cognitive as well as physical exertion.

Their wordsWe are far too willing to reject the belief that much of what we see in life is random.

Their wordsOdd as it may seem, I am my remembering self, and the experiencing self, who does my living, is like a stranger to me.

Their wordsIt is wise to take admissions of uncertainty seriously

Their wordsThe world in our heads is not a precise replica of reality