Amos Tversky Professions : Cognitive Psychologist Born : March 16, 1937 Died : June 2, 1996 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Amos Tversky My colleagues, they study artificial intelligence; me, I study natural stupidity. Amos Tversky stupidity study natural Whenever there is a simple error that most laymen fall for, there is always a slightly more sophisticated version of the same problem that experts fall for. Amos Tversky wisdom mistake fall It's frightening to think that you might not know something, but more frightening to think that, by and large, the world is run by people who have faith that they know exactly what is going on. Amos Tversky running people thinking Chance is commonly viewed as a self-correcting process in which a deviation in one direction induces a deviation in the opposite direction to restore the equilibrium. In fact, deviations are not "corrected" as a chance process unfolds, they are merely diluted. Amos Tversky one-direction self opposites