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Availability Heuristic: What You See is All There Is

Oct 5, 2025 · Tversky & Kahneman

We estimate the probability of an event based on how easily we can recall similar examples. Plane crashes are rare but memorable, so we fear them more than cars.

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Addiction & Hungry Ghosts: The Unquenchable Thirst

Oct 5, 2025 · Spiritual Psychologist

“Every addiction is a substitute for seeking God.” Essence of addiction seen through Buddhist 'Hungry Ghost' concept. Spiritual hunger that alcohol, gambling, or smartphones cannot fill.

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The Sunk Cost Fallacy: Knowing When to Quit

Oct 5, 2025 · Hal Arkes & Catherine Blumer

We stay in bad jobs, bad relationships, and bad projects because we've already invested so much. But the money is gone. The time is gone. Only the future matters.

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Depression & Dark Night of the Soul

Oct 1, 2025 · Spiritual Psychologist

“Depression is not a malfunction. It is the soul's hibernation.” Distinguishing clinical depression from spiritual exhaustion, and discovering the seeds of soul that grow only in the dark.

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Authority Bias: Following the Leader

Sep 30, 2025 · Stanley Milgram

We have a deep-seated instinct to obey authority figures, even when they are wrong. Doctors, police, experts. The Milgram Experiment.

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Social Proof: Everyone Is Doing It

Sep 18, 2025 · Robert Cialdini

When we are uncertain, we look to others to see what is correct. If everyone is looking up, you will look up too.