Friedrich A. HayekMan does not know most of the rules on which he acts and even what we call his intelligence is largely a system of rules which operate on him but which he does not know.
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When man acts, he does it by following rules; but when he thinks, he is much more aware of the rule governing his thinking. The working of the rules which govern the daily life of man—the rules of arithmetic, grammar, logic—he does not know. This is one of the most fundamental truths in psychology.
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