Indictment of Humanity

The human mind operates mostly based on fight or flight responses. The instinct for self-preservation found in the parts of our brain which evolved very early and are consistent with most other animals today, still mostly dominate our more recently evolved prefrontal cortex, where rational decisions and innovative ideas are made.

This should help explain why accountants are not economists, and why meteorologists are not climate scientists, why cosmetologists are not cosmologists and astrologers are not astronomers.

The "Manosphere" Describes the use of cult tactics to target weaknesses in men such as Dependency, Unassertiveness, Gullibility, low tolerance for uncertainty and disillusionment with the status quo, naive idealism and desire for spiritual meaning; to exploit through deception, manipulation and isolation. Visit Non-Compete.com

The problems of over-estimating or under-estimating one's own level of intelligence or knowledge about a subject.

A closer look at Salience Bias, a problem with the mass media.

Processing Fluency: How we believe things to be true after they have been repeated enough, despite not being true at all.

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