Carl Hart Quotes

I am strongly committed to evidence-based policymaking across government.

Relying on nothing but scientific knowledge to produce an engineering solution is to invite frustration at best and failure at worst.

Sound science must be our guide in choosing which problems to tackle and how to approach them.

You cannot build public policies on sentiment, on panic and fear.

The insidiousness of science lies in its claim to be not a subject, but a method. You could ignore a subject; no subject is all-inclusive. But a method can plausibly be applied to anything within the field of consciousness.

If you can help other people understand those truths - and in my mind, the only way I know to do that is with large scale, multi-year research projects, where you start with a question and then very rigorously and comprehensively answer that question.

We experience problem-solving sessions as war zones, we view competing ideas as enemies, and we use problems as weapons to blame and defeat opposition forces. No wonder we can't come up with real lasting solutions!

My work is formal, not based on psychology.

Nothing that is totally voluntary that is painful, ever works.

It works. People respond to it.

We’re not used to calculating large amounts of data. Our brains think anecdotally.

Do not speculate; get data and calculate.

You can't make evidence-based policy decisions without evidence.

There is a higher degree of operational excellence and rigor demanded of Stripe than of most companies.

Think small. Don't pretend you know the answers. Experiment; get feedback. These are all the premises of 'Think Like a Freak,' really.

I love things that cost nothing that have great results.

The parts of physics that are exact are the parts of physics that are exact. The parts that are inexact are vastly greater. Sensible scientists don't waste their time pushing against doors that endlessly will not give. They are opportunistic and go where they can, but there are pitfalls in that.

My policies are producing results and will produce even more.

Policy should always be rooted in unbiased science.

By leveraging technology, innovation, and the power of community, Weight Watchers will be able to realize the full growth potential of the business.

The world is complicated. But does every problem require a complicated solution?

I always know when my agents have good news for me because they conference call me.

We've made plenty of mistakes. But the ones that we've hit on, we've gotten lucky with some impact guys back, some best-case scenarios as far as how the guys have turned out.

The methodologies and best practices used to develop software can be applied successfully to any challenge in life.

It's important not to try to convince others of your own reasons for change. Finding the reason why they should want to support your efforts is the key to effective change management.