Quotes from How We Decide

Posted on April 28, 2010 By Scott

“The cacophony of reality is distilled into models of correlation that allow the brain to anticipate what will happen next.” page 37

“Nothing focuses the the mind like surprise.” page 38

How we Decide by Jonah Lehrer

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