Intelligence is not only the ability to reason; it is also the ability to find relevant material in memory and to deploy attention when needed.
Interpretation
Intelligence encompasses both reasoning skills and the ability to access and focus on relevant information.
This quote by Daniel Kahneman emphasizes that intelligence is not solely about logical reasoning or problem-solving; it also involves the capacity to retrieve pertinent information from memory and to concentrate one's attention effectively. This highlights the multifaceted nature of intelligence, where both cognitive skills and attentional control play crucial roles in informed decision-making.
In practice
This quote could be used in a discussion about the nature of intelligence in an educational seminar.
We think, each of us, that we're much more rational than we are. And we think that we make our decisions because we have good reasons to make them. Even when it's the other way around. We believe in the reasons, because we've already made the decision.
The average investor's return is significantly lower than market indices due primarily to market timing.
Banks are run by executives, and executives protect themselves, and that does not always mean that banks are going to behave rationally.
Laziness is built deep into our nature.
Through some combination of culture and biology, our minds are intuitively receptive to religion.
You are more likely to learn something by finding surprises in your own behavior than by hearing surprising facts about people in general.
The person who is truly effective has the humility and reverence to recognize his own perceptual limitations and to appreciate the rich resources available through interaction with the hearts and minds of other human beings.
You cannot invent an algorithm that is as good at recommending books as a good bookseller, and that's the secret weapon of the bookstore - is that no algorithm will ever understand readers the way that other readers can understand readers.
He pleaded so much that he lost his voice. His bones began to fill with words.
One thing we can do is make the choice to view the world in a healthy way. We can choose to see the world as safe with only moments of danger rather than seeing the world as dangerous with only moments of safety.
I am of a healthy long lived race, and our minds improve with age.
The idea hovered and shimmered delicately, like a soap bubble, and she dared not even look at it directly in case it burst. But she was familiar with the way of ideas, and she let it shimmer, looking away, thinking about something else.
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