Value Faith The Illusion of Explanatory Depth: The Mistake of Familiarity for Understanding
We live in a world of complex systems, and I am sure you know that already. From the plumbing in…
Self-Awareness
Two Ways to Be Fooled: Believing Lies and Rejecting Truth
Deception almost never announces itself, because it does not always arrive wearing falsehoods or obvious errors. Sometimes, it appears as…
The Illusion of Knowledge And The End of Learning
“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.” – Epictetus Learning does not end…
The Unexamined Life Is Not Worth Living – Socrates
Socrates’ declaration, “The unexamined life is not worth living,” is more than a philosophical slogan; it is a challenge, a…
Stop Before It Costs You More: The Self-Development Lesson of Riding The Wrong Train
There is a proverb that is often attributed to Japanese wisdom, that goes like this: “If you get on the…
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 the most…
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 truth, by…
Blame-Shifting Logic: The Deception of the Appeal to Hypocrisy Fallacy
Take a minute to remember an argument in the past or a debate where one person calls out another person’s…
The Strawman Fallacy: How We Misrepresent Others (and Let Others Misrepresent Us)
Obviously I am sure we can agree that we live in an age of endless arguments, both online and offline.…
It May Feel Hard, But Look How Easy You’ve Had It: Gratitude, Help, and The Grace of Support
My dearest readers, I am sure you know that life has a way of making us feel like we are…