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- The Overjustification Effect
- The Benjamin Franklin Effect
- The Illusion of Asymmetric Insight
- Misattribution of Arousal
- The Backfire Effect
- The Sunk Cost Fallacy
- Deindividuation
- Procrastination
- The Texas Sharpshooter Fallacy
- Catharsis
- Anchoring Effect
- The Illusion of Transparency
- Extinction Burst
- Confirmation Bias
- Hindsight Bias
- The Just World Fallacy
- Introspection
- Fanboyism and Brand Loyalty
- Selling Out
- Coffee
- Placebo Buttons
- Learned Helplessness
- Change Blindness
- Inattentional Blindness
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Very interesting reads – thank you for sharing David.
I can’t get enough of these.
This blog is very engaging. I learn quite a bit from you. I feel like sharing some thought provoking quotes I picked up. I figure they are appropriate for the nature of this blog.
“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.”
- Einstein
“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.”
-Bertrand Russell
“A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.”
-Bruce Lee
thanks that “selling out” essay is right on. you rock.
Great website, really informative……….
but when is someone gonna write an intelligent piece on RELIGION???
Your website is very smart :)
Like all the articles. Very informative and interesting. Thanks a lot.
Interesting test on selective attention.
Really great stuff. Kudos.
After I finish one of your posts, i always passionately disagree with you. What an awesome website!
Thank for your site. It would be nice to have a rss feeds with news posts.
RSS feed is up. News posts coming.
It’s quite rare for me to comment on blogs but i shall do so here and say that this is quite the remarkable blog! I’ve learned quite a lot of things from here and I encourage you to continue publishing so that we can learn more!
What happened to the huge assortment of articles that used to be on here? I miss them :(
As the research advances, some of my older topics need revamping. Until I have time, I’m un-publishing them so as not to mislead.
great blog, I’ll be sure to pick up the book when it comes out
Where are the rests of your posts David? Did you took it off? Or it’s just a mess up and soon they will be back?
I’m sorry, just noticed that someone already asked you that and you answered. I’m not so smart.
Keep on with the good work
Hei,
I cann’t find all your blog posts. They were here a few weeks ago. Maybe you’ve moved them somewhere else?
Thanks,
I removed the ones I felt needed reworking. I may republish them at a later time.
Weren’t there more posts here once?
Can i read more about the others blog?nice job
The 1% is a celebration of self delusion
What happened to all the older posts that were here just a few days ago? http://youarenotsosmart.com/2009/10/30/slow-time/ for instance.
I’m wondering this as well.
Hi, I just finished your book for the second time…and have started making notes even……
Personally I think this stuff should be taught all over..and established in children even from middle and high school.
While I would love to have it do so, I do have one little problem…and i am just nitpicking….and i apologize for that…..the book isnt all that child/church/temple/school friendly. And I really think those places MIGHT actually welcome this as a tool for self development or being a good citizen or person, simply because it makes us recognize where we can issue our prejudices.
Regardless… This book was awesome
Thank you very much for writing it
Its such as you learn my mind! You appear to know a lot about this, like you wrote the book in it or something. I think that you can do with some p.c. to pressure the message home a little bit, however other than that, that is excellent blog. An excellent read. I’ll certainly be back.
If only everyone knew the things you teach us!
I am not sure if the purpose of the book is to enjoy our self delusions, or by recognizing them, use them for our benefit. I will look forward to reading it.
I would like to hear your thoughts on the Muhammad Ali Effect
David McRaney will the guest on Miami’s public radio station, WLRN, Monday, Jan. 9 @ 1:00 p.m. EST. A live stream is available at the website WLRN.ORG, as well as an archive later in the day. Call if you like at 800-743-9576
amazing posts! more please :)
Your articles are amazing! But please write shorter articles.
Do you mind if I quote a few of your posts as long as I provide credit and sources back to your website? My blog site is in the exact same area of interest as yours and my users would certainly benefit from some of the information you provide here. Please let me know if this ok with you. Many thanks!
I have seen many of your topics from this page:
http://changingminds.org/explanations/theories/a_alphabetic.htm
A wide list of Psychological phenomena. Posts are great, well explained.
I am very interested with them. Psychology is the ultimate science because it studies how our brains work and interact. It studies how a biological machine creates all other sciences. Mother of sciences.
Hi there! I just dealt with the Wason Selection Task at the Introduction of the books and thought I wasted my money buying this book. Looks like the task make no sense and does not prove any thing. There is big difference between “to prove THAT one is telling the truth” and “to see IF one is telling the truth”. Hey folks, it seems that “90% of people whose minds get boggled by this task” is because of ambiguous language, not because of its difficulty.
I bought the book because of those hypes and buzz created by this website. Suddenly my interest vanished after doing the Wason Selection Task. I should have bought some Seth Godin’s books instead.
It would be nice if I could get email updates for new articles.