Gerd Gigerenzer quotes

“I focus on the most important form of innumeracy in everyday life, statistical innumeracy--that is, the inability to reason about uncertainties and risk.”
-- Gerd Gigerenzer

Source : Gerd Gigerenzer (2015). “Calculated Risks: How to Know When Numbers Deceive You”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

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“Great thinkers often learn, to their surprise, that new ideas are less than welcome.”
-- Gerd Gigerenzer

Source : Gerd Gigerenzer (2002). “Adaptive Thinking: Rationality in the Real World”, p.46, Oxford University Press

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“We have to learn to live with uncertainty.”
-- Gerd Gigerenzer

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“Cognition requires going beyond the information given, to make bets and therefore to risk errors.”
-- Gerd Gigerenzer

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“Before you begin, sit for a moment and take a couple of deep breaths. You want to be calm and prepared to maintain mental focus”

Source : Aaron Hoopes (2010). “Zen Anti-Diet: Mindful Eating for Health, Vitality and Weight Loss”, p.14, Aaron Hoopes

“What happens to the Microsofts, Oracles and IBMs of the world is that when they get big enough, they don't think they need to bring that same level of focus and energy to the end-user experience.”

Source : "Why Consumer Style Sells in the Corporate World: 10 Questions With Box Ceo Aaron Levie". Wired Interview, www.wired.com. August 20, 2012.

“One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities.”

“The only way I know how to deliver is to focus; some people can turn it on or off - I'd rather stay in character.”

“Really, most of us just focus on what's in front of us. We're too busy putting out the fires of everyday life.”

“Good things happen when you narrow your focus”

Source : "The Classic Mistake" by Al Ries, ries.typepad.com. June 2009.

“If you work around at-risk teen students, actually tell them you love them and have faith in their success. No one tells them that. No one.”

“The thing is doing it, that's what it's all about. Not in the results of it. After all what is a risk? It's a risk not to take risks. Otherwise, you can go stale and repeat yourself. I don't feel like a person who takes risks. Yet there's something within me that must provoke controversy because I find it wherever I go. Anybody who cares about what he does takes risks.”

“Everyday hundreds of people came to the hospital... dying, and I have to introduce life into them again... my duty was to compete with death.”

“So one of the most unique things on screen in American movies today is everyday behavior.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.