Intuitive prediction

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Oct 15, 2019
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Kahneman: Optimal statistical predictions are always less extreme than intuitive impressions
“The best prediction, the best guess is always less extreme than your impression. Intuitive prediction is, as we say, not regressive. It doesn't recognize regression to the mean, but statistics is statistics, and in statistics, things are less extreme”
Daniel Kahneman Oct 15, 2019 ▶ 40:29 #68 Daniel Kahneman: Putting Your Intuition on Ice
Jul 22, 2025
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Kahneman: Intuitive human predictions systematically fail to account for statistical regression
“The best prediction, the best guess is always less extreme than your impression. Intuitive prediction is, as we say, not regressive. It doesn't recognize regression to the mean.”
Daniel Kahneman Jul 22, 2025 ▶ 47:00 Daniel Kahneman: Algorithms Make Better Decisions Than You
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