People who take credit for the times when things go their way but who put the blame on others when they stumble or fall are generally happier people.
In the end, Alter and Forgas concluded the happier you are, the more likely you will be to seek out ways to delude yourself into maintaining your rosy outlook on life and your own abilities. Sad peopl...
In the 1960s, it took months before someone figured out they could sell tie-dyed shirts and bell bottoms to anyone who wanted to rebel. In the 1990s, it took weeks to start selling flannel shirts and...
If a politician can come across as likable—as nice, genuine, and friendly—she’s won most of her votes already. That initial appraisal will spread and elevate all other appraisals. Gaffes will be forgi...
Expensive wine is like anything else that is expensive: The expectation it will taste better actually makes it taste better.
Evrimsel olarak daima kesin olan bahsi oynamak mantıklıdır; atalarınızın emekliliği ya da kalp krizini düşünmesi gerekmiyordu. Beyniniz torunlarınızla tanışmanın muhtemel olmadığı bir dünyada evrimleş...
Don’t let the Dunning-Kruger effect cast its shadow over you. If you want to be great at something, you have to practice, and then you have to sample the work of people who have been doing it for thei...
As comedian Tim Minchin says in his song Storm, Do you know what they call alternative medicine that’s been proved to work? Medicine.
Artık firmalar, barlara ve kulüplere gidip alt kültürlerin nelerden hoşlandığını gözlemlemeleri için insanları işe alıyorlar ve buldukları şeyler daha popüler olurken alışveriş merkezlerinin vitrinler...
Anosognosia sufferers are paralyzed but won’t admit it. They tell their doctors and loved ones they have severe arthritis or need to watch their weight if asked to move their incapacitated arm to take...
A memory is least accurate when most reflected upon, and most accurate when least pondered. Together, those two facts make eyewitness testimony basically worthless. This isn’t what most people believe...
Politicians who bring out charts and graphs tend to fail, and those who use anecdotes tend to win. Stories make sense on an emotional level, so anything that conjures fear, empathy, or pride will trum...
THE MISCONCEPTION: Your opinions are the result of years of rational, objective analysis. THE TRUTH: Your opinions are the result of years of paying attention to information that confirmed what you be...
THE MISCONCEPTION: When your emotions run high, people can look at you and tell what you are thinking and feeling. THE TRUTH: Your subjective experience is not observable, and you overestimate how muc...
Self-esteem is mostly self-delusion, but it serves a purpose. You are biologically driven to think highly of yourself in order to avoid stagnation. If you were to stop and truly examine your faults an...
Power breeds certainty, and certainty has no clout against the unpredictable, whether you are playing poker or running a country.
Piyango bileti satın almaya giderken kaza geçirip bir otomobilin içinde ölme ihtimaliniz, ikramiye kazanma ihtimalinizden yüksektir.
In 2008, Lawrence Williams and John Bargh conducted a study where they had people meet strangers. One group held a cup of warm coffee, and the other group held iced coffee. Later, when asked to rate t...
In experiments at Baylor University where people were given Coke and Pepsi in unmarked cups and then hooked up to a brain scanner, the device clearly showed a certain number of them preferred Pepsi wh...