From 7a15287015fb33da2050ea2d75969a8c8ff3c49c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Blaise Thompson Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 10:42:25 -0500 Subject: 2018-03-12 10:42 --- dissertation.tex | 29 +---------------------------- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 28 deletions(-) (limited to 'dissertation.tex') diff --git a/dissertation.tex b/dissertation.tex index f80fafe..d6df71d 100644 --- a/dissertation.tex +++ b/dissertation.tex @@ -47,40 +47,13 @@ This dissertation is approved by the following members of the Final Oral Committ % ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS \cleardoublepage -\chapter*{Acknowledgments} -\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Acknowledgments} +\include{acknowledgements} % ABSTRACT \cleardoublepage \chapter*{Abstract} \addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Abstract} -% QUOTE -\pagenumbering{gobble} -\cleardoublepage - -\setlength{\parskip}{\baselineskip} - -\vspace*{2 cm} - -\noindent \emph{The explanatory stories that people find compelling are simple; are concrete rather - than abstract; assign a larger role to talent, stupidity and intentions than to luck; and focus - on a few striking events that happened rather than on the countless events that failed to - happen.} - -\noindent \emph{The ultimate test of an explanation is whether it would have made the event - predictable in advance.} - -\noindent \emph{Paradoxically, it is easier to construct a coherent story when you know little, - when there are fewer pieces to fit into the puzzle. Our comforting conviction that the world - makes sense rests on a secure foundation: our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.} - -\hfill -- Daniel Kahneman \cite{KahnemanDaniel2013a} - -\cleardoublepage - -\pagebreak - \doublespacing % double spacing required for body of paper \pagenumbering{arabic} -- cgit v1.2.3