Daniel Levitin Quotes:
Ocupation: Neuroscientist
Life: b. December 27, 1957
Birthday: December 27
Decision-making is difficult because, by its nature, it involves uncertainty. If there was no uncertainty, decisions would be easy! The uncertainty exists because we don't know the future, we don't know if the decision we make will lead to the best possible outcome. Cognitive science has taught us that relying on our gut or intuition often leads to bad decisions, particularly in cases where statistical information is available. Our guts and our brains didn't evolve to deal with probabilistic thinking.
topic: Thinking, Decisions We Make, Taught Us, Cognitive Science
