Quotes by Thomas Gilovich, How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life

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When examining evidence relevant to a given belief, people are inclined to see what they expect to see, and conclude wha — Thomas Gilovich, How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
People will always prefer black-and-white over shades of grey, and so there will always be the temptation to hold overly — Thomas Gilovich, How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
What we believe is heavily influenced by what we think others believe — Thomas Gilovich, How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
For desired conclusions, we ask ourselves, "Can I believe this?", but for unpalatable conclusions we ask, "Must I believ — Thomas Gilovich, How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
it seems that once again people engage in a search for evidence that is biased toward confirmation. Asked to assess the — Thomas Gilovich, How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
We humans seem to be extremely good at generating ideas, theories, and explanations that have the ring of plausibility. — Thomas Gilovich, How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
When we do cross paths with people whose beliefs and attitudes conflict with our own, we are rarely challenged. — Thomas Gilovich, How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
How do we distinguish between the legitimate skepticism of those who scoffed at cold fusion, and the stifling dogma of t — Thomas Gilovich, How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
When we prefer to believe something, we may approach the relevant evidence by asking ourselves,"what evidence is there t — Thomas Gilovich, How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
Because so much disagreement remains hidden, our beliefs are not properly shaped by healthy scrutiny and debate. The abs — Thomas Gilovich, How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
We may be particularly inclined to acquire and retain beliefs that make us feel good. — Thomas Gilovich, How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
A person's conclusions can only be as solid as the information on which they are based. Thus, a person who is exposed to — Thomas Gilovich, How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
we believe certain things because they ought to be true. — Thomas Gilovich, How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life
Inside accounts of Presidential advisory groups make it clear that the failure to express dissent can have direct, immed — Thomas Gilovich, How We Know What Isn't So: The Fallibility of Human Reason in Everyday Life