The Mind Collection Newsletter

#242: Fortune Cookie Fallacy, Scheinriese & Placebo Buttons

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Illusions of the Mind

18 hrs ago

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March 2026

#241: Time Inconsistency, Thought-Terminating Clichés & Interpretative Dominance

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on the Betraying Mind

Mar 25

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#240: Halo Effect, Horn Effect & the Contrast Effect

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Judgement Biases (The story of Ben)

Mar 18

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#239: Belief Perseverance, Misapplied Trial and Error & Finding the Edge

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Argument vs. Conviction

Mar 11

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#238: Fire-Fighting Loop, Temporal Optimism Bias & Zugzwang

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Compelled Action

Mar 4

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February 2026

#237: Masked-Man Fallacy, Ambiguity & False Inference

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Logical Errors

Feb 25

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#236: Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc, Poisoning the Well & the Typical Mind Fallacy

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Fantastic Fallacies

Feb 18

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#235: Cognitive Dissonance Reduction, Association Bias & Signal Interpretation

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Losing Followers

Feb 11

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#234: Intimidation Triad, Gessler’s Hat & the Cognitive Dissonance Trap

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Power & Obedience

Feb 4

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January 2026

#233: Objective Liability, Eggshell Skull Theory & the Principle of Objectivity

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Law & Objectivity

Jan 28

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#232: Cryptomnesia, Google Effect & Memory Holing

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Manipulating Memory

Jan 21

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#231: False Self, the Unhappy Consciousness & Schopenhauer’s Camp Fire

3 Ideas in 2 Minutes on Alienation from Society

Jan 14

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