People don't have a good intuitive sense of how to weigh new information in light of what they already know. They tend to overrate it.
The thing that people associate with expertise, authoritativeness, kind of with a capital 'A,' don't correlate very well with who's actually good at making predictions.
Well no administration ever wants an independent overseer, and there are very good career people who are in charge of this investigation, but it could get hairy.
Americans are good at pursuing happiness. And the Americans who pursue happiness most diligently show that we're also good at running it down and killing it.
Federal law prohibits anyone convicted of a felony from owning a gun. Seems like kind of a good idea, no?
A huge part of what animates homophobia among young people is paranoia and fear of their own capacity to be gay themselves.
Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony.
The one thing I've learned is that stuttering in public is never as bad as I fear it will be.
I am actually a terrible coward. Fear is a constant fact of my life.
I'm busier than ever and it's led to new opportunities. But I've never worried about being rich or famous - for me, it's all about the dancing.
My aunt is a famous L.A. chef, Susan Feniger, and she's got Street and Border Grill. So a fun night out for me is to go to my aunt's restaurants.
In fact, I'd just like to own something. Everyone thinks I'm glamorous, rich and famous but all I've got is some recording equipment and a battered old BMW.
I don't want to be famous. I want to be secure. I don't want the world. I just want a piece of it. I want people to remember Eric Davis.
I'm famous for splurging at fast-food places. I'm currently obsessed with Taco Bell's bean and cheese burritos with extra green sauce and extra cheese. Gluttony!
Nobody makes bouillabaisse from scratch. It's all a bunch of malarkey. Even the restaurants buy a commercial-grade product. I had a very famous chef tell me that.
But I know newspapers. They have the first amendment and they can tell any lie knowing it's a lie and they're protected if the person's famous or it's a company.
Love, like a chicken salad or restaurant hash, must be taken with blind faith or it loses its flavor.
A political convention is not a place where you can come away with any trace of faith in human nature.
I really like 'Passion of the Christ.' I like that movie. I also like 'We Were Soldiers,' and 'Braveheart.' And 'Napoleon Dynamite' - that movie was funny.
It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only one thing to prove you are ignorant.
By far, the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it.
