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Tag: Cognitive Biases

The Hindsight Bias and Personalization: Why Our Minds Naturally Prefer Misery to Fear

The Hindsight Bias, according to Kendra Cherry, is “the tendency people have to view events as more predictable than they … More

Anxiety, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Biases, Depression, Hindsight Bias, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Perfectionism

The Desire for More: Why Most Things Aren’t As Good or As Bad As They Appear and Why It Matters

We idealize success and demonize failure. People, sometimes, ask me how to stop obsessing over both, entering treatment distraught because … More

Anxiety, Cognitive Biases, Coping, Depression, Failure, Growth, Instagram Fame, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Psychology, Success

Philosophy in Love: How Philosophy Affects Your Love-Life, Even if You Don’t Know It

Whether you know it or not, philosophy affects all of your relationships and your thoughts about them. We often think … More

Beliefs, Cognitive Biases, Dating, Love, Mental Health, Philosophy, Relationships

The Self-Made Myth: How Our Biased Thinking about Luck Reduces Empathy and Compassion

“It takes more than skill to be a champion. It takes equal parts of talent, luck, work, and nerve.” -“Fats” … More

Capital in the Twenty-First Century, Cognitive Biases, Mental Health, Philosophy, Psychology, Success, The Self-Made Myth
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