“... much seemingly chance variation in human behavior is not due to chance; it is in fact the logical result of a few basic, observable differences in mental functioning.” HumansFactsDifferencesChanceResultsBehaviorDuesLogicalHuman BehaviorVariation Book:Gifts differing: understanding personality type Source: Gifts differing: understanding personality type
“The difficulty in judging what type of behavior works well arises not only because a given course of action does not always produce the outcomes. Similar outcomes can occur for reasons other than the person's actions, which further complicates inferential judgment. Effects that arise independently of one's actions distort the influence of similar effects produced by the actions, but only on some occasions. Given a strong cognitive set to perceive regularities, even chance joint occurrences of events can be easily misjudged as genuine relationships of low contingent probability” WellsPersonsDoeReasonActionCoursesStrongGivenChanceInfluenceEffectsEventsProduceJudgingTypeBehaviorJudgmentLowsDifficultyGenuineAriseOccasionsPerceiveOutcomesProbabilityJointsCognitiveRegularitySelf Efficacy Author:Albert Bandura
“Contemporary philosophers are facing problems that were unthinkable only one century ago, such as whether space and time are mutually Independent, whether there is objective chance or only uncertainty, whether physics can explain chemical change, whether our behavior is fully determined by our genomes, whether ideation can change the brain, or whether either the economy or ideas are the ultimate roots of the social.” IdeasProblemSocialChanceSpaceBrainEconomyCenturyBehaviorRootsUltimateIndependentPhilosopherDeterminedPhysicsObjectivesContemporaryUncertaintyChemicalsTime And SpaceUnthinkableGenomeIdeation Author:Mario Bunge
“Having financial independence does not increase one's chances of independent, artistic creation whatsoever. Our conditioned behavior toward mimicry for the sake of market forces is an amazing syndrome. The watchtowers guide us well.” WellsDoeForceChanceCreationBehaviorIncreaseIndependentIndependenceSakeFinancialGuidesArtisticSyndromesFinancial IndependenceMimicryArtistic Creation Author:Fady Joudah
“When people can say to themselves - "What I'm doing is justified," there is little chance of their modifying a behavior.” PeopleLittlesChanceBehaviorJustifiedModifying Author:Stanton Peele
“We're not served by only knowing our finest hours through film or media, or in the history that we are taught. I think the only way we have a chance to not make the same mistakes again, is to historically understand the bad behavior and mistakes we've made previously.” ThinkingWayMadeFilmHoursChanceMistakeKnowingMediaTaughtBehaviorFinestSame MistakesBad BehaviorFinest Hour Author:David Oyelowo
“There is an obvious evolutionary explanation for the scarcity of altruistic saints: Without a strong predilection for their own interests, our ancestors would have been unlikely to survive, reproduce, and give their own offspring a chance of doing the same. Now conditions have changed and for most of us, surviving and reproducing isn't such a struggle but we still carry the genes of our ancestors and they influence - not determine, but influence - our behavior.” GivingStrongInterestChanceStruggleInfluenceChangedBehaviorSaintDetermineObviousExplanationAncestorSurvivingOffspring Author:Peter Singer
“I think aging is underrated. As you grow older, you have perspective and you realize just how fortunate you are to be working. To be working with the people I've had the chances to work with, I honestly feel like the most fortunate person in the world. I think it's hugely important when you work to bring with you that spirit, which includes and immense sense of gratitude. How that translates into behavior is just to bring your energy, your good spirit and your appreciation, and do your homework and really listen to the person in front of you.” PeopleThinkingWorldImportantSpiritEnergyRealizingChancePerspectiveGratitudeBehaviorAgingAppreciationHonestlyTranslateHomework Author:Ann Dowd
“I like grit, I like love and death, I'm tired of irony. ... A lot of good fiction is sentimental. ... The novelist who refuses sentiment refuses the full spectrum of human behavior, and then he just dries up. ... I would rather give full vent to all human loves and disappointments, and take a chance on being corny, than die a smartass.” LoveGivingHumansDiesChanceFictionBehaviorTiredDisappointmentRefuseIronyNovelistsSentimentsSentimentalHuman BehaviorCornyTake A ChanceSpectrumGritI'm TiredLike LoveLove And DeathHuman LoveSmartass Author:Jim Harrison
“The lesson? To respond to the unexpected and hurtful behavior of others with something more than a wipe of the glasses, to see it as a chance to expand our understanding.” UnderstandingChanceLessonsBehaviorGlassesUnexpectedWipeHurtful Book:How Proust Can Change Your Life: Not a Novel Source: How Proust Can Change Your Life: Not a Novel
“When we fill our souls up with creativity, artistry and intelligence ...we have a better chance at avoiding the behavior that leads to destruction.” WarSoulPeaceChanceCreativityBehaviorDestructionAnti WarAntiwarAvoidingArtistry Author:Rick DellaRatta