The Illusion of Competence: How the Dunning-Kruger Effect Blinds Us
There is a strange paradox in human thinking: The people who know the least too many times feel…
Confirmation Bias: To See Clearly, You Must Look Beyond What Confirms You
Obviously we all like to believe that we are rational, clear thinkers; that our decisions are guided by…
The Limits of Your Knowledge Are Not the Limits of Truth: The Personal Incredulity Fallacy
We, human beings, have always struggled with the unknown. We naturally resist what feels too complex, too unfamiliar,…
The Absence of Evidence is Not The Evidence of Absence: The Ignorance Fallacy
For many people there is a certain comfort in claiming, “Well, you can not prove me wrong.” It…
The Socratic Method of Thinking and Investigating: The Art of Questioning Your Way to Truth
In today’s world and just like always, where opinions are shouted louder than facts, where confidence is mistaken…
The Art of Intellectual Humility – Aristotle
It is very popularly known that Aristotle once said: “It is the mark of an educated mind to…