Endlessly amused by people's minds.

Human beings cannot comprehend very large or very small numbers. It would be useful for us to acknowledge that fact.

Facts that challenge basic assumptions-and thereby threaten people's livelihood and self-esteem-are simply not absorbed. The mind does not digest them.

A general limitation of the human mind is its imperfect ability to reconstruct past states of knowledge, or beliefs that have changed. Once you adopt a new view of the world (or any part of it), you immediately lose much of your ability to recall what you used to believe before your mind changed.

Political columnists and sports pundits are rewarded for being overconfident.

The idea that you can ask one question and it makes the point - well, that wasn't how psychology was done at the time.

The evidence is unequivocal, there's a great deal more luck than skill in people getting very rich.