Science Quotes

"The laboratory is where modernity is continuously produced and reproduced."

"Facts are achievements, not gifts from nature."

"The acceleration of science produces knowledge but not necessarily understanding."

"Science and reason are tools we can use to understand and address systems of oppression."

"Scientific knowledge must be guided by ethical reflection."

"The right to participate in science and technology is part of human development."

"Humans are not the perfectly rational agents that standard economic theory assumes."

"We are predictably irrational in consistent ways."

"The best solutions often come from observing real behavior."

"The mind is like a computer that makes systematic errors."

"The brain is not a reliable guide to truth."

"The brain is designed to find patterns, even where they don't exist."

"Humans are not intuitive statisticians and that our minds are not well-suited to thinking about odds and probabilities."

"Regression toward the mean is one of the most neglected principles in human intuition."

"The law of small numbers means we are apt to put too much weight on small samples."

"We should be very skeptical of the possibility of large effects from psychological interventions on life outcomes."

"Randomness is everywhere, but our minds are biased toward seeing patterns."

"Our brains are magnificent, but they are also flawed."

"We are all subject to the law of large numbers."

"People are predictably irrational in the same ways, over and over again."

"The anchoring effect shows us that even random numbers can influence our judgment."

"The complexity of human behavior cannot be reduced to simple economic models."

"The mind is a prediction machine constantly trying to make sense of uncertainty."

"Cognitive biases are built into our system of thinking."

"Randomness is hardwired into nature."

"Probability is counterintuitive to the human mind."

"The conjunction fallacy reflects our intuitive thinking."

"Regression to the mean is invisible to us."

"Small differences in outcomes can come from randomness."

"Numbers are interpreted through the lens of emotion."