Useful Heuristics

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Useful Heuristics

@jashdholani

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Laws, effects, and paradoxes to sharpen how you think about yourself - and the world.

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Discover the Ben Franklin Effect (And More)

Ben Franklin Effect: People like those they've helped more than they those who've helped them. In an experiment, participants liked the researcher more when he asked for the participation fee back as a favor. People like being owed favors - they have the perceived upper hand. @

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Surprising psychological effects: Why classical music makes you smarter and more

The Birthday Number Effect. Want to figure out someone's hidden self-esteem quickly? Give them a list of jumbled numbers, including their birthday, and ask them to circle 2 numbers they like. People with high self-esteem circle their birthday numbers more. More psych insights:

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The dark power of the placebo effect

The idea that mental expectations can shape physical outcomes is considered laughable, but it has been scientifically demonstrated in many experiments. Commonly known as the placebo, this effect has a dark side too - the nocebo.

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9 PARADOXES about health, business, and humans

Introduction. When two statements contradict each other, and yet are true at the same time, a paradox ensues. Paradoxes are knowledge generators as we are compelled to produce new explanations to resolve them. Discover 9 intriguing paradoxes in this Memo! 👇 @

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9 psychological effects you MUST know

Introduction. The human mind is a complex, mysterious machine. But the machine has an underlying logic - internal rules which have been discovered via ingenious psychological experiments. Discover nine effects that will help you understand yourself and other people better👇 @

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10 concepts that explain the modern world

Parkinson’s Law: Companies become bigger and worse over time. Clerks manufacture work for each other as overall capacity dips. When British Navy ships went down from 68 to 20, officials increased by 78%.

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9 paradoxical truths from 9 brilliant thinkers

Nietzsche: What men in groups believe is worthless because they're protected by sheer numbers. Truth likes lone wolves.

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