16.03.2025 20:00
It has been revealed that Daniel Kahneman, the Israeli-American psychologist and Nobel Prize winner in Economics, ended his life using the 'assisted suicide' method at a clinic in Switzerland on March 27, 2024.
The Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman has recently been revealed to have ended his life using a method that sparked worldwide debate. According to an article written by Wall Street Journal (WSJ) columnist Jason Zweig, Kahneman bid farewell to life using the 'assisted suicide' method at a clinic in Switzerland.
INFORMED HIS LOVED ONES WITH A LETTER It was reported that Kahneman shared this decision only with his family and a few close friends. According to the article, Kahneman included the following words in part of the email he sent to his loved ones: "This is a farewell letter I am sending to my loved ones. I am going to Switzerland, and my life will end on March 27. Since my youth, I have believed that the troubles and difficulties in the last years of life are unnecessary, and now I am putting this belief into action."
Daniel Kahneman CONSISTENT WITH HIS RESEARCH The article stated that Kahneman 'decided to end his life on his own terms while his health was relatively good, before the situation worsened,' and that he did not want this decision to become a public matter. His friends noted that this decision was consistent with Kahneman's research.
HIS MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH WAS GOOD The author of "Thinking, Fast and Slow," Israeli-American psychologist Kahneman passed away at the age of 90 on March 27, 2024. Kahneman's mental and physical health was in good condition compared to his peers. He won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 2002 for his pioneering work in "cognitive psychology and behavioral economics."