Hindsight Bias One problem in modern society is hindsight bias. When you rewrite your past to better predict the future. A common metaphor is driving by looking in the rear-view mirror. A much deeper bias is our instinctive, cause-effect generator. This pops in many unexpected and troublesome places. Perplexing Randomness […]
Why Be Yourself Is Excellent Advice
Be Yourself A very common piece of advice when wanting to make friends or to create romantic relationships is to be yourself. From a superficial level, this seems to make logical sense. If you can be yourself, you’ll eventually meet people who like the real you. At the same time, this advice […]
NAWALT – Red vs. Blue Pill
Red Pill Beliefs There are a lot of ideas recently associated with Red Pill. When it comes to male-female relations, a very common idea is that women are very similar. That women are hypergamous and women will always be looking to move up a level, so to speak. The opposite of this […]
The Benefits Of Female Hypergamy
Getting A Bad Rap A lot of people, mostly men, have been talking about something called hypergamy lately. It’s a relatively modern term and generally refers to how women will rather have a more wealthy and powerful mate, all else equal. It’s often pointed out that a woman will always date up, […]
Social Proof Hallucination
End Of Stone Age The stone age ended when ancient humans figured out how to smelt ore, get the metal out and make tools and weapons. They’ve found very intricately decorated bowls in some of the oldest mines. They suspect it’s the humans giving gifts to the gods of the Earth in exchange […]
Get Your Ex Back Disaster
Cute Barista Recently there’s been a very cute girl that started working at my coffee shop, one the coffee shops I go to. She seems to be flirtatious with me, but in this situation is always hard to figure out what to do. You never quite know if she’s being flirtatious with you because […]
Externally Projected Demons
From Peace And Tranquility A long time ago I used to be a devout Christian in fact there was a time in my life when I went to daily mass for work. Now even if I go near a church, particularly a Catholic church, I have to do everything I can to not pass […]