Priming plants ideas in your mind that influence your actions later – and you have no idea it’s happening. From wine choices to political opinions, your System 1 is being manipulated constantly by stimuli you never noticed.
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The Coherence Trap: Seeing Is Believing (Essay #4)
That warm feeling when something “just makes sense”? It’s not truth – it’s your unconscious mind running a con on your conscious one. Welcome to cognitive ease.
Read MoreMental Shortcuts: How Heuristics Shape Our Worldview (Essay #3)
Think plane crashes are more dangerous than car rides? Convinced crime is skyrocketing? Your brain’s taking shortcuts that feel right but lead you straight to wrong conclusions. Here’s why.
Read MoreThe Law of Least Effort: Why Your Brain Is Lazy (Essay #2)
Your brain treats effortful thinking like an expensive operation that needs justification. The Law of Least Effort guarantees you’ll rely on fast, error-prone intuitions when careful analysis would serve you better.
Read MoreThe Two Systems: Fast, Effortless Thinking vs. Slow, Hard Work (Essay #1)
Your brain has two systems: one that’s fast and wrong, another that’s slow and lazy. Guess which one runs your political opinions? We’re all operating on autopilot while wondering why everyone else is so stupid.
Read MoreEpstein Survivors Return to Capitol – Still Begging for Justice
The discharge petition needs two more Republican signatures to force a vote on releasing the files Epstein survivors are scheduled to return to the Capitol on October 8th. They’re planning… Read More
When a Sex Offender and a Former Prime Minister Built a Surveillance Company
Epstein used Ehud Barak to embed himself in the surveillance industry Yesterday, over 100,000 emails from former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak’s inbox were leaked by a hacker group called… Read More
Will Trump Pardon Ghislaine Maxwell?
So, after her second day of speaking with Trumps’ personal lawyer, who he installed at the DOJ, rumor is that Ghislaine Maxwell turned over 100 names of people that had… Read More
Australia Banned Trump Over Mafia Ties — America Let Him Build a Casino Empire
In 1987, Aussie regulators said Trump was too mobbed-up for Sydney. The U.S.? They gave him a license and looked the other way G’ Day! Wanna hear another CRAZY story… Read More
Who Needs the Epstein Files? Trump’s Modeling Agency Was a Documented Trafficking Operation
Court documents, victim testimony, and immigration records reveal how Trump Model Management systematically exploited teenage girls – while everyone chases phantom client lists. I was going back through my notes… Read More