Tversky, Amos

"The anchoring effect is so powerful that even knowing about it doesn't protect us."

"Skilled judges can recognize patterns humans can't articulate, but they're often fooled by randomness."

"The more certain we are, the more likely we've overlooked something important."

"Meaning-making is a fundamental human need; we'll construct meaning even from suffering."

"The mind is built for narrative; facts without narrative structure fade quickly from memory."

"We judge risk differently when it's imposed on us versus when we choose it ourselves."

"Expertise and intuition are often wrong not because we lack information, but because we misuse it."

"The best decisions often feel wrong because they violate our intuitions built from biased experience."

"We underestimate how much of our judgment is unconscious, driven by associations and patterns."

"The mind can hold contradictory beliefs indefinitely if they're not brought into direct comparison."

"Most of our errors in judgment stem not from lack of intelligence but from how our minds are built."

"We are all living in different realities constructed by the patterns our minds recognize."

"The question is not whether we're biased—we are—but which biases guide our thinking today."