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#227: Normalisation of Deviance, Gambler’s Fallacy of Crime & Routine Activity Approach

#226: Falkland’s Law, Naval's Compass & the Siege of Zhao

#225: Gretchen Question, Three Lives Theory & Congruence

#224: Law of Names, Fear Setting & the Law of Lightness

#223: Stopping Decicions, This Will Do & the Illusion of Choice

#222: Reverse Benchmarking, Value of Uselessness & Signalling Through Inefficiency

#221: Hitchens' Razor, Evidence of Absence & the Method of Absolute Evidence

#220: Mood-Congruent Memory, Motivated False Memory & the Two-Minute Rule

#219: Dancing with Uncertainty, the Fallacy of Equal Knowledge & the Ignorance Paradox

#218: Idiot Plot, (Contractual) Genre Blindness & the Hardest Job

#217: Absence of Evidence, Negativity Bias & Russell's Teapot

#216: Miracle Razor, Doublethink & Cognitive Dissonance

#215: Hype Cycle, Osborne Effect & the Black Ball Hypothesis

#214: Leon's Paradox, Charlie’s Iron Prescription & Marcus’ Ultima Ratio

#213: Analytic Spectrum, Pareto Efficiency Analysis & Paralysis by Analysis

#212: Selective Laziness, Ultracrepidarian & the Origin of Opinions

#211: Fear of Failure, Upward Failure & the Dignity of Risk-Taking

#210: Gift of Wrongness, Popper's Falsifiability Principle & Self-Defeating Prophecies

#209: The Tell Tale, Reid Technique & Bait Question

#208: Words Like Snow, Pseudo-Profound Bullshit & Pointless Platitudes

#207: Shipping Creative Work, Embracing Your Weirdness & Selfish Creativity

#206: Value of Secrets, Bait Question & How to Keep a Secret

#205: Plan Continuation Bias, PDCA Cycle & Planning to the End

#204: Ovsiankina Effect, Handshake Interrupt & the Unfinished Masterpiece

#203: PESTLE, SPIT & the SExI Method

#202: Prioritise & Execute, Priority Dilution & Wilson’s Law

#201: Schopenhauer’s Warning, Gurwinder's Third Paradox & Tactical Empathy

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#199: RICE, Usability Trap & Ragebait

#198: Pointy Rocket Effect, Inventor’s Dilemma & Sir Alec’s Camel

#197: Tape Measure Factor, Longevity Risk & the Dirty Water Principle

#196: Shared Thoughts, the Value of Bad Literature & Truer Truths

#195: Negative Error Culture, Segal’s Law & Noise Bottlenecks

#194: Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, Self-Licking Ice Cream Cone & Self-Demonstrating Article

#193: Mutually Assured Distraction, Killing Imagination & the Focusing Illusion

#192: Thought Control, Gut Feelings & the Philosophy Paradox

#191: Cherry-Picking, Sampling Bias & Belief Confidence

#190: Learning Pyramid, Competence Illusion & Yogi’s Dictum

#189: Ideas Into Words, Kaplan's Law of Words & Hitchen’s Grandmother

#188: Calculated Risks, Imitate-the-Successful-Heuristic & Long-Term Success

#187: Toulmin Model, Pyrrhic Persuasion & the Game of Absence & Presence

#186: Anatomy of an Aphorism, Becoming an Aphorist & David's Curve Ball

#185: Ulysses Contract, Unexpected Hanging Paradox & the Climber’s Conundrum

#184: 40/60 Method, Pink Matter Manipulation & Twyman's Law

#183: Gall's Law, Solomon's Paradox & Reforming the World

#182: Roger’s Rule, a Rare Privilege & the Gift of Criticism

#181: Circle of Competence, Confidence vs. Competence & Strategic Incompetence

#180: A Toothless Life, Taking Risks & Picking a Passion