perception

How the Hedonic Treadmill Shows the Illusion of Happiness

How the Hedonic Treadmill Shows the Illusion of Happiness

What would make you happy? A big lottery win? Finding the love of your life? Dining at the finest restaurants…

4 years ago

Hindsight Bias: Why We Overestimate Our Ability to Predict Events

They say hindsight is a wonderful thing, but don’t you just hate it when people say things like ‘I told…

4 years ago

What Is Cognitive Ease and How It Blocks Your Critical Thinking

Now before you start reading this article, I just want to promise you it is not a political piece. I…

4 years ago

How Mass Hysteria Is Making the Pandemic Worse & How to Cope

I like to think of myself as a fairly rational and calm person, but in the last few weeks, I…

4 years ago

5 Ways Impact Bias Is Making You Unhappy

When we dream of winning the lottery, we imagine that we will always be happy. But what if the way…

4 years ago

What Is Willful Ignorance & 5 Examples of How It Works

Willful ignorance is built on the deliberate avoidance of evidence that doesn’t match one’s existing beliefs. This can be a…

4 years ago

Known Unknowns vs Unknown Unknowns: Two Sides of Ignorance

If I asked you how a CD worked, how confident would you feel in explaining it to me? Let’s say…

4 years ago

‘I Hate People’: Why You Feel This Way and How to Cope

I have been guilty of saying “I hate people”, but I really don’t. There’s much more to my emotions, and…

4 years ago