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"Human intelligence is made up of four different mental systems. None is infallible. You need a "jazz quartet of them" or the decision-making process can become unreliable and potentially dangerous.  ...

Further background to Hubris Syndrome and the Daedalus Trust, and the need for more research in the area. "We’ve now got acquired personality disorders. The question is can it affect...

"No one would deny that chief executives have egos. In many, it is restrained and agreeable. In others, I see hubris. Self doubt, self criticism and open-mindedness don’t much feature....

"Practical measures to fight hubris should focus on fostering self-doubt. Public intellectuals could better acknowledge that science is a ‘knowing ignorance’ - a ‘philosophical faith’ is one in which one...

Ward, Dr Jamie: "Powerpoint of Dr Ward's presentation to our 2012 Conference. Dr Jamie Ward , University of Sussex. The social brain: neuroscience perspectives on empathy, trust and cooperation. Download: The Social...

"...presents hubris as a disorder of intelligence and, more specifically as a particular form of stupidity, representing a breakdown in what are normally regarded as self-regulating systems   Professor Guy...

"The transition from intoxication to addiction is associated with a preoccupation with the negative effects of withdrawal from the source of addiction (as opposed to the satisfaction of a perceived...

The rules to which central bankers worked enabled them to be very confident (Alan Greenspan brushed his critics away) and to ignore the wider context (of system stability)   Ms...

"Rather than stigmatise those with mental health problems, we need to challenge discrimination and explore the positive aspects of mental illness....those with depression tend to be more realistic and more...

"The focus of this report is what lessons might potentially have been drawn from Equitable’s crisis and what was learned, and how they related to the subsequent financial crisis of...