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by SpaceyTheMinotaur This is going to be a somewhat controversial post, I understand, but some biases are extra-relevant to this sub: reactance, backfire effect, belief bias, confirmation bias, false memory, … Read more
Via Marketwatch Call them magic mushrooms. Older people who eat more than two portions of mushrooms a week could cut their odds of having mild cognitive impairment (MCI) by 50%, according … Read more
A socialist student confidently approached Kaitlin Bennett in Florida to debate about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez but got a dose of cognitive dissonance instead. Taxation without representation is theft and it is … Read more
via visualcapitalist: We are each entitled to our own personal world view. Unfortunately, when it comes to interpreting information and making objective sense of reality, human brains are hard-wired to make … Read more
by Brandon Smith of Alt-Market In general, it has always been dangerous to put blind faith in human icons of any kind; not to mention, entirely unnecessary. The maxim that one “should never … Read more
Brilliant and funny Scott Adams teaches us how to identify cognitive dissonance. This is a important video for anyone who considers themselves a conspiracy theorist! AC
by: Isabelle Z. (Natural News) Some of us recall our mothers encouraging us to eat fish growing up on the pretense that it’s “brain food,” and it turns out that … Read more
by: Zoey Sky (Natural News) According to the results of a study, if a group of participants is instructed to perform “an effective strategy for a working memory training task,” they are able … Read more
by visualcapitalist View a high resolution version of this graphic Out of the 188 cognitive biases that exist, there is a much narrower group of biases that has a disproportionately large effect on the ways … Read more