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11thEarlOfMar on May 27, 2024 | hide | past | favorite



This is a good list of questions to ask yourself when forming an opinion about any new piece of information:

1) Am I assuming others think like me about this? (False Consensus Effect)

2) Is this decision as important as the time I'm spending on it? (Fredkin's Paradox)

3) Do I believe this because it's part of my tribe's "package" of beliefs? (Package-Deal Ethics)

4) Can I use this unfinished task to motivate me later? (Ovsiankina/Hemingway Effect)

5) Am I taking advice from winners without considering insights from losers? (Champion Bias)

6) Have I imagined what could go wrong and how to prevent it? (Premortem)

7) Could immaturity be mistaken for a disorder in this case? (Youngest-Kid-in-Class Syndrome)

8) Are these claims supported by evidence or just circular citations? (Woozle Effect)

9) Is this news confirming what I believe or truly informing me? (Post-journalism)

10) Am I neglecting relationships in pursuit of health or success? (Roseto Effect)

11) Has this claim been made with evidence or can it be dismissed? (Hitchens's Razor)

12) Do I realize people probably like me more than I think they do? (The Liking Gap)

13) Could denying something make people want it more? (Boomerang Effect)

14) Am I generalizing too much from my own narrow experience? (Anchored-to-your-own-history bias)

15) Is this group considering everyone's unique info or just our common info? (Common Knowledge Effect)

16) Does expert support make this position correct or just more complex? (Gibson's Law)

17) When did I form this belief and should I reconsider it? (Cached Thoughts)


I like how it starts with a bold statement of human nature, followed by a pseudo-grandiose thesis of the human condition, as if the guy had it all figured out and he had descended from above to impart knowledge unto the rest of humanity. What a pedantic whole bunch of nonsense.


how is this related to elections?




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