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44 quotes from Maria Konnikova: 'the most powerful mind is the quiet mind. It is the mind that is present, reflective, mindful of its thoughts and its state. It doesn't often multitask, and when it does, it does so with a purpose.', 'We are terrible at seeking evidence that challenges our own beliefs, but other people do us this favor, just as we are good at finding errors in other people Maria Konnikova is the author of Mastermind and The Confidence Game.She is a regular contributing writer for The New Yorker, and has written for the Atlantic, the New York Times, Slate, the New Republic, the Paris Review, the Wall Street Journal, Salon, the Boston Globe, the Scientific American MIND, WIRED, and Smithsonian. Academia.edu is a platform for academics to share research papers. Maria Konnikova has crafted a surprising and ingenious book that lets us all come closer to Holmes's genius, giving a gift to all readers interested in Conan Doyle, mysteries and scientific thinking as well as those who simply want to be more self-aware about the inner workings of our minds." The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time - Kindle edition by Maria Konnikova. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Confidence Game: Why We Fall for It . . . Every Time. Maria Konnikova is the author of the Times best-seller "Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes," which was nominated for an Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction, and "The Confidence Game Author Maria Konnikova discusses many social science findings about how people come to think, feel, and do what they do, how they can be manipulated, etc. The first example Konnikova goes into at length is that of "the Great Impostor" (as he was known in the book and movie versions of his life story) Fred Demara. Maria Konnikova's articles have appeared online and in print in the New Yorker, the Atlantic, the New York Times, Slate, the New Republic, the Paris Review, the Wall Street Journal, Salon, the Boston Globe, the Observer, the Scientific American MIND, WIRED, and the Scientific American, among numerous other publications. These are the questions that journalist and psychologist Maria Konnikova tackles in this talk. The Northeast Conference on Science & Skepticism (pronounced "nexus") is a science and critical By Maria Konnikova. Viking. 340 pp. $28. Published on April 1, 1857, The Confidence Man, by Herman Melville, ends with "the cosmopolitan" telling his companion on the steamboat Fidele that the lack of confidence "these days" is due in no small measure to the "Counterfeit detectors you see on every desk and counter. Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes, released January 3, 2013, is a book written by Maria Konnikova exploring ways to improve mindfulness, logical thinking and observation using Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional character Sherlock Holmes as an exemplar. Konnikova intertwines her analysis of Holmes's "habits of mind" with findings from the modern-day fields of neuroscience and psychology Mastermind: How to Think Like Sherlock Holmes, released January 3, 2013, is a book written by Maria Konnikova exploring ways to improve mindfulness, logical thinking and observation using Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional character Sherlock Holmes as an exemplar. Konnikova intertwines her analysis of Holmes's "habits of mind" with findings from the modern-day fields of neuroscience and psychology I feel si