7 Quotes Tagged: heuristic

Simple heuristic: treat public intellectuals as BSvendors except those who hold unpopular opinions,expose frauds, take risks, curse publicly

Heuristic: never trust someone's historical analogies if (as is common with policymakers) his historical knowledge starts in 1934.

My grandmother's heuristic: if people eat the same they look the same... and have similar genetic makeup

"If you want people to buy a book tell them it's overrated" (Bed of Procrustes) "Buy houses they call overpriced; read books called overrated; invest in markets called irrational; do things you enjoy that they can't explain."

Heuristic: when picking a restaurant in an unfamiliar city, don't look at the menu, look at the clients.

Travel Heuristic: In a scenic place, the best restaurant is most likely to be the most crowded one with no view.

When someone makes an announcement saying "I have a great relationship with my wife", you know a divorce is getting close.