What Daniel Kahneman thinks about behavioural science
Psychologist and Nobel laureate (1934 to 2024); shared the 2002 Nobel memorial prize in economic sciences for integrating psychological research into economics; with Amos Tversky, developed prospect theory and the study of heuristics and biases.
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5 dated positions, c. 2002–2003 to c. 2011, in their own words. Our reading of what Daniel Kahneman has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsThe confidence that people have in their beliefs is not a measure of the quality of evidence, it is not a judgment of the quality of the evidence but it is a judgment of the coherence of the story that the mind has managed to construct.
↗The Marvels and the Flaws of Intuitive Thinking: Edge Master Class 2011edge.org 1st of 2 in this piece
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Their wordsBut the subjective sense of confidence can be the same for intuition that arrives from expertise, and for intuitions that arise from heuristics, that arrives from substitution, and asking a different question.
↗The Marvels and the Flaws of Intuitive Thinking: Edge Master Class 2011edge.org 2nd of 2 in this piece
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Our readingLow income makes the emotional pain of misfortunes such as divorce, ill health and being alone worse
Their wordsLow income exacerbates the emotional pain associated with such misfortunes as divorce, ill health, and being alone.
↗High income improves evaluation of life but not emotional well-being (with Angus Deaton)pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov All 3 from this paper
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Their wordsWhat the data suggest is that above a certain level of stable income, individuals’ emotional well-being is constrained by other factors in their temperament and life circumstances.
↗High income improves evaluation of life but not emotional well-being (with Angus Deaton)pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov All 3 from this paper
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Their wordsThe concept of loss aversion was, I believe, our most useful contribution to the study of decision making.
↗Daniel Kahneman – Biographical, Part 2: Eulogy for Amos Tversky (June 5, 1996)nobelprize.org 2nd of 6 in this piece