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Spaced Repetation

This is a learning method that improves recall and typically done with flashcards. This is based on the idea of a 'forgetting curve' - the rate at which we forget new information over time. If we are exposed to the information again at the main points of the forgetting curve, we will not forget it.

Tagged With: #permanent-notes #memory #learning #meta-cognition

Published on Jan 01, 2023

Social Identity Theory

Social identity is the part of a person's self-concept that is made from their membership in a social group.

Tagged With: #permanent-notes #identity #society #behavior

Published on Jan 01, 2023

Social Media Outrage Is Driven By Base Rate Fallacy

All people have some bad movements. Social media outrage is generally driven by a collective memory of just those bad movements.

Tagged With: #social-media #society #emotion

Published on Jan 01, 2023

Shirky Principle

Institutions will try to preserve the problem to which they are the solution.

Tagged With: #permanent-notes #society #psychology #behavior

Published on Jan 01, 2023

Religion A Mode Of Knowing

Religious thinking is embedded in our cognitive process - its a mode of knowing.

Tagged With: #permanent-notes #religion #behavior #cognition

Published on Jan 01, 2023

Regression To The Mean

This is a phenomena in statistics. If one sample collected is at an extreme, the next sample will generally be moderate.

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Published on Jan 01, 2023

Proportionality Bias

We tend to believe that large events have large causes. This might be true in many instances, but not always.

Tagged With: #bias #permanent-notes #psychology #probability

Published on Jan 01, 2023

Outline Vs Discovery Writing

Its is not a binary - but a spectrum.

Published on Jan 01, 2023

Narrative Fallacy

We tend to see events as stories - with logical chains of cause and effect. We underestimate the role of randomness in the final outcome. We are meaning making machines - so we tend to assign meaning to things when actually it might be just random.

Tagged With: #cognitive-bias #belief

Published on Jan 01, 2023

Keys To Intrensic Motivation

What drives us/gives us motivation...

Tagged With: #permanent-notes #motivation #purpose #mastery #psychology

Published on Jan 01, 2023