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The Dunning Kruger Effect

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  On April 19th, 1995 McArthur Wheeler robbed a bank with his face glazed with lemon juice, believing the juice would make his face invisible to the surveillance cameras. He thought so because lemon juice works as invisible ink on a piece of paper Police broadcasted, the security camera footage on the local 11, o’clock news, and just after midnight Arthur was arrested Incredulously, he said, But I wore the juice Baffled by this reasoning.   David Dunning and Justin Kruger, two Psychologists studied Mr. Wheeler and […]

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Autism Spectrum: Atypical Minds in a Stereotypical World

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  When we examine 100 random teenagers, we would find that while they all look different, their minds work in very similar ways. 1 to 2 however, have minds that are atypical in a particular way. They could be diagnosed with autism. This happens to boys four times as much, perhaps because diagnosing them is easier. Children – and adults – who are on the autism spectrum experience the world differently because they were born with various degrees of neurodivergent traits. Most autistic children have more refined […]

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Bonhoeffer‘s Theory of Stupidity

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  In the darkest chapter of German history, during a time when incited mobs threw stones into the windows of innocent shop owners and women and children were cruelly humiliated in the open; Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a young pastor, began to speak publicly against the atrocities. After years of trying to change people’s minds, Bonhoeffer came home one evening and his father had to tell him that two men were waiting in his room to take him away. In prison, Bonhoeffer began to reflect on how his country […]

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Pavlov’s Classical Conditioning

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  Classical conditioning is a way of learning where a stimulus that triggers a biological response is paired with a new stimulus that then results in the same reaction. The most famous work in classical conditioning was done by Ivan Pavlov in the 1890s. During this time Pavlov did a lot of research on the digestive processes of dogs. One day during his research Pavlov noticed that the dogs began to salivate in the presence of the technician who usually fed them. He wondered if the technician was […]

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