Chad Aaron Hall

When belief is driven by emotional appeal rather than careful examination, our understanding of truth is an illusion.

People are drawn to emotionally compelling or entertaining ideas because spectacle is a stronger drive than accuracy.

Simplification makes ideas more engaging but also strips away nuance and distorts truth.

Interesting ideas are repeated more often, meaning engagement not accuracy determines what we come to believe.

Repetition increases belief

An availability cascade occurs when you are repeatedly exposed to an idea and you begin to believe that it’s true, even though it may not be.

What is Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing and how does it work?

How is it that in times past, even average people were able to afford having servants?

And what ended that? What ended service? Was it industrialization?

Was Holden Caulfield autistic?

What am I an expert in? What can I become an expert in?

What do I make? What do I have for sale? What are the artifacts of my work?