the human mind suffers from three ailments as it…

Keyword thought the human mind suffers from three ailments as it comes into contact with history. The first is the illusion of understanding or how everyone thinks he knows what is going on in the world that is more complicated or random than they realize. The second is the retrospect of distortion or how we can assess matters only after the fact as if they were in a rear view mirror. And third is the overvaluation of factual information and the handicap of authoritative and learn people particularly when they create categories .

— from The Mind in the Cockpit · Black swan by nasimha talib

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