The Trump administration ordered states to claw back full SNAP benefits already issued to nearly 42 million low-income Americans. The order came yesterday, just hours after the Supreme Court temporarily… Read More
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Mental Shortcuts: How Heuristics Shape Our Worldview
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.
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The Law of Least Effort: Why Your Brain Is Lazy
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.
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The Two Systems: Fast, Effortless Thinking vs. Slow, Hard Work
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.
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Trump Found a Way to Outlaw Trans Healthcare Without Writing the Word ‘Ban’
Well, heres how you outlaw something without writing the word ban. The Trump administration just proposed cutting off all Medicare and Medicaid payments to any hospital that provides gender-affirming care… Read More
Trump’s Refugee Policy Now Prioritizes White South Africans Over War Zones
Well, here’s a policy that says the quiet part out loud. The Trump administration quietly revised refugee admission priorities this month to favor white South Africans while effectively closing the… Read More
Trump’s Hiring Freeze Is Now a Permanent Loyalty Replacement Program
There is so much news everyday it is very easy to miss stuff – which is basically the Trump administrations base strategy. Well, in case you missed it, Trump signed… Read More
Seven Elite Universities Just Told Trump to Keep His Research Money
Well – wanna hear something that’s actually good news?Seven universities – MIT, Caltech, University of Chicago, Stanford, Princeton, Yale, and Harvard – all rejected the Trump administrations new Compact for… Read More
Larry Ellison Personally Vetted Marco Rubio for Israel Loyalty in 2015
Wanna fall down a rabbit hole with me?I never thought wed end up with tech billionaires, ex-prime ministers, social-media apps, and war zones all tangled together – yet here we… Read More
JD Vance Hates Chinese Farmland Ownership Because He Wants It for Himself
Well, I fell down another rabbit hole today. You know how JD Vance is always talking about China owning American farm land and how its bad? Well, its not because… Read More
They Recalled Furloughed Workers to Check Inflation Numbers Then Sent Them Back
Well, this might be peak irony. The government recalled furloughed workers to calculate how much more expensive your groceries are getting – then sent them straight back to the food… Read More
Thune Just Called Bull on Trump’s Beef Deal
The Senate Majority Leader sides with ranchers over the president. Well, I didn’t expect to see John Thune throw a punch at his own party’s president, but here we are…. Read More