stackyFACTSGenuinely worrying that thinking about a plane crash will somehow cause the engine to fail. Your archaic cognitive leftovers still deeply insist that your mere mental musings carry the immense physical power to alter massive external events.
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Welcome to why your uncle ruins Thanksgiving. Cognitive dissonance isn't just an abstract annoyance; it triggers the brain's anterior cingulate cortex, the…
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You aren't a wizard, but your ego thinks you are. Magical thinking is the psychological belief that your inner thoughts, words, or knocking on a wooden table…
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Believing anyone who disagrees with your worldview is utterly deranged or deeply misinformed. You genuinely think you see the universe with absolute clarity,…
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Bragging about your brilliant philosophical realization that is literally just a quote from a blockbuster film. Your memory easily retains the shiny new…
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