Maria Konnikova
6 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 4, 2020 by Maria Konnikova · across every show →
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Aug 4, 2020 positive
Annotating books actively aids synthesis and tracks personal intellectual evolution
“I like writing in books because it doesn't just help you Process things and make sure that you're going through them in a thoughtful way and actually kind of synthesizing thoughts and thinking as you're reading as opposed to being just passively absorbing it, …”
Aug 4, 2020 positive
Forcing people to bet on their opinions improves their decision-making quality
“Betting actually forms an integral part to improving your decision process and improving your level of certainty in something, because people can say all sorts of stuff and just make all sorts of pronouncements if they're not held accountable for it. However, …”
Aug 4, 2020 positive
Konnikova argues fiction and poetry teach distinct lessons absent from nonfiction
“I'm a huge, huge believer that everyone should be reading fiction and poetry. There are so many people who I really admire who just say, oh, I only read nonfiction because all the other stuff doesn't teach me anything, and I just, I've had this conversation so…”
Oct 25, 2022 neutral
Konnikova: Humans differentiate correct from incorrect intuitions roughly 50% of time
“We have intuitions all the time, and we are actually horrible, horrible, horrible at being able to tell the correct intuitions from the wrong intuitions. We're about fifty-fifty, and that's a really bad track record. And sometimes our intuitions are spot on, a…”
Oct 25, 2022
Konnikova: Decision quality must be judged by thought process, not outcomes
“One of the things that he really taught me is that you have to distinguish the action and the outcome from the thought process. As long as your thought process is solid, as long as you're thinking through things correctly, then you did well, even if you ended …”
Oct 25, 2022
Konnikova: Betting on opinions improves decision-making through accountability
“Kant says that betting actually forms an integral part to improving your decision process and improving your level of certainty in something, because people can say all sorts of stuff and just make all sorts of pronouncements if they're not held accountable fo…”