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Daniel Kahneman on Cutting Through the Noise

19 Dec 2018 21 published claims 2 attributable people

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03 / belief

Philip Tetlock has argued that, if we set up long-run tournaments with forecasting, and we measure results, and we test teams against each other, that we can, in the longer run, reduce, I think, both the noise and bias.

“Philip Tetlock has argued that, if we set up long-run tournaments with forecasting, and we measure results, and we test teams against each other, that we can, in the longer run, reduce, I think, both the noise and bias.”
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Tyler Cowen
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06 / observation

Look, the point is, there is so much noise in essay grading that it’s quite easy to imagine a program that would look at various indices and that would do better than hurried and tired professors.

“Look, the point is, there is so much noise in essay grading that it’s quite easy to imagine a program that would look at various indices and that would do better than hurried and tired professors.”
Speaker
Daniel Kahneman
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07 / belief

I think our publishers just remembered that there is going to be a presidential election at that time and that probably a lot of more interesting books are going to be appearing.

“I think our publishers just remembered that there is going to be a presidential election at that time and that probably a lot of more interesting books are going to be appearing.”
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Daniel Kahneman
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09 / belief

I don’t have an answer. But I think the kind of thinking that is going on, where you’re trying to look at practical manipulations — the word manipulation is a bad word, but I intend it as a good thing — when you look at the practical moves that can make a difference in the way that people think, that way of thinking should be effective in improving the quality of life and improving the quality .

“I don’t have an answer. But I think the kind of thinking that is going on, where you’re trying to look at practical manipulations — the word manipulation is a bad word, but I intend it as a good thing — when you look at the practical moves that can make a difference in the way that people think, that way of thinking should be effective in improving the quality of life and improving the quality .”
Speaker
Daniel Kahneman
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14 / evaluation

I think there’s no question that there are cultural differences. For one thing, for example, there are major cultural differences in the attitude to optimists, to optimism.

“I think there’s no question that there are cultural differences. For one thing, for example, there are major cultural differences in the attitude to optimists, to optimism.”
Speaker
Daniel Kahneman
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

16 / prediction

My guess now, that wherever people exercise judgment, there is noise. And, as a first rule, there is more noise than people expect, and there’s more noise than they can imagine because it’s very difficult to imagine that people have a very different opinion from yours when your opinion is right, which it is.

“My guess now, that wherever people exercise judgment, there is noise. And, as a first rule, there is more noise than people expect, and there’s more noise than they can imagine because it’s very difficult to imagine that people have a very different opinion from yours when your opinion is right, which it is.”
Speaker
Daniel Kahneman
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler

21 / evaluation

Sunk cost is a fairly specific thing. It is that you’re putting a different value on a move or an investment that you make because of investment that you have already made than you would if you were looking at that de novo.

“Sunk cost is a fairly specific thing. It is that you’re putting a different value on a move or an investment that you make because of investment that you have already made than you would if you were looking at that de novo.”
Speaker
Daniel Kahneman
Publisher
Conversations with Tyler
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