#understandingcognition

Have you ever noticed how anyone going slower than you is a moron and anyone faster than you is a maniac? You of course, are always travelling at exactly the right speed. What about that last time you

Feedback can be a great and sometimes necessary thing. For instance when taking on a new task, be it a new job, or a sport you have just taken up, feedback can be a vital tool in helping you progress and

This is a short summary and list of links to my Understanding Cognition series. I started this particular thread because it is important to understand what biases are driving us to act the way we do. In

Have you ever wondered if your subconscious mind is conspiring against you; self-sabotaging your investment decisions? If not, and you take part in any sort of trading and investment, you probably should

Is QAnon real? That was one of the main topics of a rather interesting and lively debate I had with my friend last night. First of all, for those of you who aren't yet aware what or who QAnon is, let me

Are there more regularly used words in the English language that start with the letter 'k'; or more with the letter 'k' as the third letter? answer below. Sometimes your cognitive biases act as a double

As I was browsing my Google Plus feed the other day, I came across a reply to a post that had me chuckling away. The post that it was replying to bore absolutely no relation to the content making it obvious

Carrying on with our series on cognitive biases, today I want to talk about cognitive dissonance and how it effects people in general, and more specifically flat-earthers. Cognitive dissonance is what

You may have heard of the moon hoax landing, maybe you even subscribe to it. Well today I want to discuss how this hoax links back to an article I've just written on confirmation bias. Fooling The World

From time to time, we all suffer from cognitive biases. That is to say our brains create a subjective truth that is in direct conflict with objective reality. If you're like me and you are the sort of