“Who doesn’t love being the only authority in reason? No matter what we believe we feel deep down, no one contradicts us. This is pleasant, but not helpful, because the correction mechanism is missing. Since our feelings are so unreliable, we should generally take them less seriously – especially the negative ones. The Greek philosophers called this ability to suppress negative feelings Ataraxia.”
– Rolf Dobelli, Swiss entrepreneur and author, on introspection and introspection illusion in Handelsblatt (No. 152, 08/09/2017)
