Comments on: T.S. Eliot Quote http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/07/ts-eliot-quote.html Overcoming Bias is economist Robin Hanson’s blog, on honesty, signaling, disagreement, forecasting, and the far future. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:21:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Ross N. http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/07/ts-eliot-quote.html#comment-417543 Ross N. Sun, 29 Jul 2007 14:58:38 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/07/ts-eliot-quote.html#comment-417543 That quote always makes me think of Thomas Sowell's <i>Vision of the Anointed</i>. That quote always makes me think of Thomas Sowell’s Vision of the Anointed.

]]> By: Ray G http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/07/ts-eliot-quote.html#comment-417542 Ray G Sat, 28 Jul 2007 22:37:39 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/07/ts-eliot-quote.html#comment-417542 Interesting quote. It doesn't sound as intellectually appealing, but it instantly made me think of the cattiness of girls (I taught high school for two years). A pretty girl walks in the room, and the other girls in the room will immediately begin formulating their thoughts so as to rip her to shreds as soon as they have the chance. All in a seemingly blind psychological effort at making themselves feel better. It's as if they believe that whatever beauty they can knock off of the "pretty" girl, will automatically be added to themselves. Interesting quote.

It doesn’t sound as intellectually appealing, but it instantly made me think of the cattiness of girls (I taught high school for two years). A pretty girl walks in the room, and the other girls in the room will immediately begin formulating their thoughts so as to rip her to shreds as soon as they have the chance. All in a seemingly blind psychological effort at making themselves feel better. It’s as if they believe that whatever beauty they can knock off of the “pretty” girl, will automatically be added to themselves.

]]> By: Richard Pointer http://www.overcomingbias.com/2007/07/ts-eliot-quote.html#comment-417541 Richard Pointer Sat, 28 Jul 2007 18:25:00 +0000 http://prod.ob.trike.com.au/2007/07/ts-eliot-quote.html#comment-417541 Dr. Hanson, Could you please post some good readings for someone interested becoming better versed in hueristics and biases? I have read Elizer short overview, and some of Kahneman's stuff. Any other papers, books, textbooks? Thanks Dr. Hanson,
Could you please post some good readings for someone interested becoming better versed in hueristics and biases? I have read Elizer short overview, and some of Kahneman’s stuff. Any other papers, books, textbooks?

Thanks

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