List: Life | Curated by Kiall Hildred

Apr 25, 2024
25 stories
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Why You’re Wrong, Even When The Evidence Says You’re RightConfirmation Bias
Jul 16, 2023
Jul 16, 2023
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How To Make Errors and Escalate ProblemsOr, Why you make bad decisions, quickly
Jul 10, 2023
Jul 10, 2023
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We’re All Biased, Skewed, Misinformed And HornyWe’re made to make babies, not sense
Jul 4, 2023
Jul 4, 2023
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Why New Yorkers aren’t Sharks and Terrorists aren’t CancerOr, what happens when statistics loses touch with reality
Nov 15, 2022
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Nov 15, 2022
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Habits of Highly Successful People (and Probably Everybody Else)Or, survivorship bias — why successful people can’t teach you how to succeed
Sep 27, 2023
Sep 27, 2023
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Why You Don’t Learn About Life From the NewsThe important ubiquity of boring normality
Nov 16, 2022
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Nov 16, 2022
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A Certain Understanding of The FactsA story in a library
Dec 21, 2022
Dec 21, 2022
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RubbleStrewn
Dec 14, 2022
Dec 14, 2022
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CoffeeFiltered
Dec 7, 2022
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Dec 7, 2022
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FableShort, but not a story
Nov 13, 2022
Nov 13, 2022
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Not Entirely UntitledA short story, if that
Nov 12, 2022
Nov 12, 2022
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Can I Really Learn a Language in Just 7 Days?Or is there something I’m missing about the YouTubers who say they do it?
Nov 11, 2022
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Nov 11, 2022
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The Myth of The PolymathOr, Why I can’t be as smart as Da Vinci: Specialisation and the consequences of collective knowledge
Nov 26, 2020
Nov 26, 2020
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Why Should I Care About The Economy?Aren’t there more important things to worry about?
Feb 4, 2022
Feb 4, 2022
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To Live a Good Life, Remember This About DeathMemento Mori: A brief discussion of a good reminder on how to live well
Apr 1, 2022
Apr 1, 2022
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What’s The Point of University?University, like life, is not a means to an end
Sep 30, 2018
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Sep 30, 2018
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The Chicken or The Egg?It was the egg
Sep 30, 2018
Sep 30, 2018
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Evolutionary Psychology Can Tell You Who You AreAnd it doesn’t mean you’re a sex-crazed psychopath or that you don’t love your children
Mar 22, 2024
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Mar 22, 2024
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A Bit of Pain Never Hurt AnyoneWhy avoiding pain means avoiding life
Mar 17, 2024
Mar 17, 2024
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I Used to Believe In Something, Now I Just Collect IdeasThe beliefs we hold have a hold on us, but ideas can set us free
Mar 9, 2024
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Mar 9, 2024
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