Daniel Kahneman Quotes


I have always believed that scientific research is another domain where a form of optimism is essential to success: I have yet to meet a successful scientist who lacks the ability to exaggerate the importance of what he or she is doing, and I believe that someone who lacks a delusional sense of significance will wilt in the face of repeated experiences of multiple small failures and rare successes, the fate of most researchers.


Citations

Kahneman, Daniel. Thinking, Fast and Slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011, p. 264.

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Daniel Kahneman
Daniel Kahneman
  • Born: March 5, 1934
  • Nationality: American, Israeli
  • Profession: Psychologist

Daniel Kahneman is an Israeli psychologist and economist notable for his work on the psychology of judgment and decision-making, as well as behavioral economics, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with Vernon L. Smith). His empirical findings challenge the assumption of human rationality prevailing in modern economic theory.