15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology - Gurwinder Bhogal - #385

Gurwinder Bhogal is a programmer and a writer. I got tagged in a monstrous thread of Gurwinder's on Twitter exploring human nature, cognitive biases, mental models, status games, crowd behaviour and social media. It's one of the best things I've read this year, so I just had to bring him on. Expect to learn how saying ridiculous things can be a test of loyalty, why people can be too stupid to know that they're stupid, why million-to-one odds happen 8 times a day in New York City, why The Bullshit Principle is actually a thing, why everyone is seeing racism everywhere and much more... Sponsors: Get 20% discount on the highest quality CBD Products from Pure Sport at https://puresportcbd.com/modernwisdom (use code: MW20) Get perfect teeth 70% cheaper than other invisible aligners from DW Aligners at http://dwaligners.co.uk/modernwisdom Timestamps: (00:00) Intro (02:23) Twitter’s Distortion of Reality (09:24) The Peter Principle & Golden Hammer (15:58) Why the World is Full of Unrefuted Bullshit (20:50) Are Societal Expectations Too High? (32:08) Competing for Status Over Truth (46:49) Explaining the Messiah Effect (52:34) Choosing Freedom Over Reason (1:14:27) Hitchens’s Razor (1:18:3…