Self-awareness – knowing what you believe and why

In my self-awareness posts I write about our brains as seen through the lenses of evolutionary and social psychology, neuroscience, and beyond. Only by understanding ourselves can we improve ourselves. Worldviews are a useful tool here for mapping out our beliefs, and then critiquing them and improving them.

Some specific topics covered are: evolutionary & social psychology, neuroscience, biases, heuristics, clarity, values, history, culture, worldviews, beliefs

Introducing Your Fast and Slow Thinking

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It’s a beautiful sunny day. You’re driving effortlessly along an empty highway. Twenty minutes go by and you hardly remember looking at the road! An hour later some menacing clouds roll in.Rush-hour traffic is picking up. A storm hits. You pass an accident on the side of the road. Your concentration is being pushed to […]

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Kahneman’s Nobel Prize Speech

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On December 8, 2002, at Aula Magna, Stockholm University, Daniel Kahneman was presented the Nobel Prize in Economics for his brilliant and pioneering work in behavioral economics and psychology. This work was largely performed alongside his long-time research partner Amos Tversky, who died before the Nobel Prize was awarded. Kahneman is widely regarded as the […]

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Dangerous Anticipations

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Followup to: Anticipations and Falling Off Cliffs Your beliefs should create expectations. Demand they pay in anticipations! Ask of them, “What things will happen?” Just be careful when you test ’em! ///

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Anticipations and Falling Off Cliffs

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Good beliefs provide ways for us to verify them. They make us anticipate that something will happen, which we can go and verify in the real world. But, even if you have beliefs which are ‘good’ in this sense, keep in mind that your beliefs may still turn out to be wrong! Maybe you have various […]

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