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“A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth. Authoritarian institutions and marketers have always known this fact.”
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
― Thinking, Fast and Slow
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June 17, 2014
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June 22, 2014
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July 12, 2014
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July 13, 2014
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"great book defiantly makes a new light on the power of suggestion, or an old light seem bright..."
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September 9, 2014
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"You are more likely to learn something by finding surprises in your own behavior then by hearing surprising facts about people in general"
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September 27, 2014
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"Reference points are always forgotten or ignored when making decisions."
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December 28, 2014
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Sep 09, 2014 10:34PM
The human mind does not deal well with nonevent. You cannot help dealing with the limited information you have as if it were all there is to know. You build the best possible story from the information available to you, and if it is a good story, you believe it. Paradoxically, it is easier to construct a coherent story when you know little, when there are fewer pieces to fit into the puzzle. Are confirming conviction that the world makes sense rest on a secure foundation, "our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance"
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