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How Cognitive Dissonance Fights Reason with Reason

How Cognitive Dissonance Fights Reason with Reason

by Taz | Aug 3, 2020 | Cognitive Biases, Thinking Tools

Everyone would like to think of themselves as rational, forming their views from all the facts in an unbiased way. But this is almost never the case. It is possible to hold two conflicting beliefs at the same time. The psychological term for this is cognitive...
Hyperbolic Discounting: Why Do We Make Irrational, Impulsive Decisions?

Hyperbolic Discounting: Why Do We Make Irrational, Impulsive Decisions?

by Taz | Jul 30, 2020 | Cognitive Biases, Mental Models, Thinking Tools

Sometimes it feels like your heart and your brain are two different decision-makers. Your heart makes irrational, impulsive decisions, and your mind is the logical decision-maker. Sometimes the two come together to make for wildly inconsistent decision-making behavior. 

Why You Should Use Second Order Thinking

Why You Should Use Second Order Thinking

by Taz | Jul 3, 2020 | Mental Models

Second order thinking takes into account the endless ripple effects of our decisions. Thinking in the second order is considering the chain of effects that happens after the immediate consequence.

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