by Taz | Jun 7, 2024 | Cognitive Biases
A Reason Respecting tendency describes our willingness to accept someone’s reasoning, even when we don’t understand it or disagree with it. It claims what’s most important is not the reason itself but the fact that we are given a reason. This is one of the most...
by Taz | Jan 17, 2024 | Thinking Tools, Tools
At one point or another, you’re bound to disagree with someone. You might be thinking of a past disagreement or even a future one that you haven’t had yet. But how do you have a disagreement and successfully deliver a critical commentary that the person you disagree...
by Taz | Aug 25, 2023 | Philosophical Razors, Thinking Tools
Hitchens’ Razor is the perfect mental model for creating evidence-based arguments. The model states, “What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.”- Christopher Hitchens In other words, the burden of proof falls on the person making...
by Taz | Aug 1, 2021 | Mental Models
The Circle of Competence is a concept that has helped investors like Charlie Munger and Warren Buffet get to where they are today. So, what is the Circle of Competence? It’s simply knowing what you’re good at and knowing what you’re not good at. If it sounds obvious,...
by Taz | Jul 2, 2021 | Cognitive Biases
The twaddle tendency is the need to speak confidently on something we don’t know enough about. The talk that comes from the twaddle tendency never adds value or unique input. It’s typically a rote repetition of facts, lines they’ve heard somewhere else, or a jumbled...
by Taz | Jun 9, 2021 | Cognitive Biases, Mental Models, Thinking Tools
The Bank Robber Who Believed in Lemon Juice Let me tell you about McArthur Wheeler, because his story is literally why we know about the Dunning-Kruger effect. In 1995, Wheeler and his friend robbed two Pittsburgh banks. In broad daylight. With guns. And they...
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