Rational Decision Making Quotes

It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.

I can observe the game theory is applied very much in economics. Generally, it would be wise to get into the mathematics as much as seems reasonable because the economists who use more mathematics are somehow more respected than those who use less. That's the trend.

Unfortunately, there is a tendency among political elites to distrust the opinions of ordinary people. They are perceived to base their views on dark instincts and unjustified fears, rather than on rational choices. European voters, however, are highly educated, and it is ridiculous to suppose they can be easily fooled or manipulated.

The classical theory of omniscient rationality is strikingly simple and beautiful.

Choosing what we think rather than reaction to our emotions.

I deal with football from a realistic, logical point of view.

I've always wanted to make the world a more rational place. I'm still working on it.

Never make your most important decisions when you are in your worst moods.

Organized common (or uncommon) sense -- very basic knowledge -- is an enormously powerful tool. There are huge dangers with computers. People calculate too much and think too little.

Don't let your emotions overpower your intelligence.

My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on feelings.

Being rational is a moral Imperative. You should never be stupider than you need to be.

Good policy is grounded in a robust set of facts and data.

I think people have common sense and can tell what's real, what's right or what's wrong and work it out.

Rationality is the master lifehack which distinguishes which other lifehacks to use.

Reason and the ability to use it are two separate skills.

There are two methods of human activity - and according to which one of these two kinds of activity people mainly follow, are there two kinds of people: One use their reason to learn what is good and what is bad and they act according to this knowledge; the other act as they want to and then they use their reason to prove that that which they did was good and that which they didn't do was bad.

Emotions are the curse of logic.

I don't guess. I think. I ponder. I deduce. Then I decide. But I never guess.

Of course, analysis can sometimes give more accurate results than intuition but usually it’s just a lot of work. I normally do what my intuition tells me to do. Most of the time spent thinking is just to double-check.

It's characteristic of democracy that majority rule is understood as being effective not only in politics but also in thinking. In thinking, of course, the majority is always wrong.

Reason must be our last judge and guide in everything.

Don't make decisions by majority vote. The majority is almost always wrong.

The will of man is by his reason sway'd.

The heart of a statesman should be in his head.