The Serengeti Plain Fallacy: Fallacies that aren't fallacies
This, from Rory Sutherland:
Logic requires that people find universal laws, but outside of scientific fields and once human psychology has a role to play, it is perfectly possible for behavior to become contradictory.... See more
A tax rise can cause you to work less because the returns of your labor are lower, or work harder to maintain your present level of
Sari Azout • Both are true
Logic requires that people find universal laws, but outside of scientific fields and once human psychology has a role to play, it is perfectly possible for behavior to become contradictory. A tax rise can cause you to work less because the returns of your labor are lower, or work harder to maintain your present level of disposable wealth. There are... See more
Sari Azout • Check your Pulse #14
“If something looks irrational – and has been so for a long time – odds are you have a wrong definition of rationality.” – Taleb
Morgan Housel • Makes You Think
as Antonio Garcia Martinez more colorfully put it in an episode of Moment of Zen:
“Tell us what Bayes Theorem says about Israel vs Palestine. Tell us what Bayes Theorem says about how to be a good father. Tell us what Bayes Theorem says about what’s the meaning of life.”
Reason provides poor answers to these questions, and so trying to determine what
... See moreLogic requires that people find universal laws, but outside of scientific fields and once human psychology has a role to play, it is perfectly possible for behavior to become contradictory. A tax rise can cause you to work less because the returns of your labor are lower, or work harder to maintain your present level of disposable wealth. There are... See more