Since it’s so easy to fall prey to them, it’s no surprise cognitive biases are rampant in politics. The most common bias in politics is the confirmation basis. The confirmation bias is the tendency to look for or interpret information in a way that confirms preexisting beliefs or assumptions. We not only don’t look for…
You likely remember the spelling rule, “I before E, except after C.” It’s been taught in English grammar textbooks at least as far back as 1866 and persists in modern school texts. In fact, it’s been called the “supreme, and for many people solitary, spelling rule.” The rule is supposed to help with the complexity…
Ever feel like time speeds up as you get older? In the book “Why Time Flies And Beauty Never Dies” Professor Adrian Bejan makes the case there is good reason we feel this way. Perceived time, sometimes called mind time, is different from clock time. Our perception of time changes as we age. For example,…