No one is ever bias-free, but some people let their biases influence their actions more than others. Maria Konnikova Read Quote
Much of the excitement about virtual reality has come from the gaming community. Maria Konnikova Read Quote
Humans are the most complicated, nuanced things that exist. We can’t be reduced to labels or summed up with five traits – even if they are the Big Five. Maria Konnikova Read Quote
To a child, ‘The Little Prince’ is the story of a boy who falls from the sky, meets lots of funny people on his travels, and then returns to his star. But take a closer look and you find as clear a commentary on everything that’s wrong with modern life – and what can be done to fix it – as you would in the most biting social satire. Maria Konnikova Read Quote
Spam filters are supposed to block e-mail scams from ever reaching us, but criminals have learned to circumvent them by personalizing their notes with information gleaned from the Internet and by grooming victims over time. Maria Konnikova Read Quote
Virtual reality has already proved useful in treating phobias and PTSD. It can help people overcome a fear of heights, for example, through simulations of standing on a balcony or walking across a bridge. Maria Konnikova Read Quote
In the world of speeches and orations, especially historical ones, the persistent misquotation is understandable. You hear a speech. You misremember or mishear a line as something more colorful than it was. Maria Konnikova Read Quote
I’m capable of just putting my butt in a chair and spending nine hours a day studying poker. I took it as a full time job. So I think that it’s a combination of being lucky, but also really studying, working hard and pushing myself to do everything I could. Maria Konnikova Read Quote
Once fraternities became tied to power and leadership, the powerful and would-be-leaders wanted to join. Maria Konnikova Read Quote
Poker isn’t the roulette wheel of pure chance, nor is it the chess of mathematical elegance and perfect information. Apart from the underlying mathematics, poker depends on the nuanced reading of human intention, interactions, and deceptions. Maria Konnikova Read Quote
