Alternative Descriptions Of The Same Reality Evoke

The Brains Of Humans Contain A Mechanism That Is Designed To Give Priority To Bad News.

People's Mood Is Really Determined Primarily By Their Genetic Make-up And Personality, And In The Second Place By Their Immediate Context, And Only In The Third And Fourth Place By Worries And Concerns And Other Things Like That.

The Illusion That We Understand The Past Fosters Overconfidence In Our Ability To Predict The Future.

The Confidence People Have In Their Beliefs Is Not A Measure Of The Quality Of Evidence But Of The Coherence Of The Story The Mind Has Managed To Construct.

The Idea That The Future Is Unpredictable Is Undermined Every Day By The Ease With Which The Past Is Explained.