Doubting what you see is a very odd experience. And doubting what you remember is a little less odd than doubting what you see. But it's also a pretty odd experience, because some memories come with a very compelling sense of truth about them, and that happens to be the case even for memories that are not true.

If individuals are rational, there is no need to protect them against their own choices.

The confidence people have in their beliefs is not a measure of the quality of evidence but of the coherence of the story the mind has managed to construct.

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

Doubting what you see is a very odd experience. And doubting what you remember is a little less odd than doubting what you see. But it's also a pretty odd experience, because some memories come with a very compelling sense of truth about them, and that happens to be the case even for memories that are not true.

Groups tend to be more extreme than individuals.

Most of the time, we think fast. And most of the time we're really expert at what we're doing, and most of the time, what we do is right.