The radical idea that people aren't stupid

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OR, the toilet spoke and I understood the truth

photo cred: my dad If you learn a little psychology, you might come away thinking that people are stupid. After all, one of psychology’s main exports is cognitive biases. There’s the conjunction fallacy, the endowment effect, false consensus, false uniqueness, the curse of knowledge, the availability heuristic, the better-than-average effect, the worse-than-average effect, hyperbolic discounting, pareidolia, the hot-hand fallacy, the Turkey illusion, the Semmelweiss reflex, social cryptomnesia, reminiscence bump, and the “women are wonderful” effect. That’s just a taste, and the list gets…

The radical idea that people aren't stupid

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