#857 What is survivorship bias?
What is survivorship bias? It is when researchers focus on the individuals that have passed a selection process, while forgetting those that have not. It is an error in logic.…
What is survivorship bias? It is when researchers focus on the individuals that have passed a selection process, while forgetting those that have not. It is an error in logic.…
What is a black swan event? It is a completely surprising and unpredictable event that has major consequences. It is something that is as rare as a black swan. The…
How does cold reading work? It is a method of reading a person you don’t know in order to get information. It is the opposite of hot reading, where the…
How do hallucinations happen? They are caused by a chemical imbalance or some kind of abnormality in the brain. All hallucinations are created by the sensory parts of our brain…
Watch on YouTube How do facial expressions work? There are 20 muscles in the face that can be moved in different combinations. There are two kinds of facial expressions: voluntary…
What is Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy? It is a psychological illness where a parent or caregiver pretends their child is sick in order to get attention and sympathy. Munchausen Syndrome…
Is a psychopath’s brain different? Yes. There are differences in the areas that deal with empathy and guilt, and the areas that deal with fear and anxiety. What exactly is…
I learned this today. The gambler’s fallacy is the belief that a random event is more or less likely to happen based on the outcome of a previous event. For…
I learned this today. Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a universal classification system which has the most important needs at the bottom and then the following needs in an ascending…
I learned this today. Floor indicators were added to elevators in the 1950s in order to distract people while they waited. The actual waiting time wasn’t as bad as the…