The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. –William James According to research, we see people as pleasant if, A. They are outwardly attractive.B. They are similar to us in terms of origin, personality or interests.C. They like us. Let’s try to understand each in simplest manner with examples. A. Wherever we go…
Category: Decision Making
Contrast Bias
Imagine this Scenario, There is three bucket in front of you. First one contains hot water, second one contains cold water and last one contains water having room temperature. You have to dip your right hand into hot water and left hand in cold water for one minute. Then put both water into third bucket…
Confirmation Bias, The Mother of all Cognitive Bias
The first principle is you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. -Richard Feynman I think rechard feynman is pointing towards the mother of all cognitive biases in this one line, Confirmation Bias. The best example I can remember which we all can relate to very easily is, what we…
Follow your heart, But take your brain along with you. Always.
“Follow your heart but take your brain with you.”― Alfred Adler The notion of following heart has been overhyped in many ways. On the contrary, Notion of “Paralysis of Analysis” also exists parallel in world.Vast majority on earth is floating in between this two notions. This split of life or we can say the zone of…
Writer Pratik 