[Read Part 1] [Read Part 2] [Read Part 3] Introduction Modern psychology research has a WEIRD bias, relying heavily on participants from Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic societies. Scientists long assumed that human minds everywhere work the same, but evidence…
In the world of literature written in Indian languages, Prodosh C. Mitter, better known as Feluda, stands as an unwavering beacon of logic and the quintessential gentleman rationalist. For him, crime is a problem of flawed reasoning, a puzzle to…
Modern “ranking” of students comes from the 18th–19th century push to standardize assessment in mass schooling. In 1785, Ezra Stiles, Yale’s president from 1778 to 1795, introduced the first documented formal grading system in the new world. In a diary…
If I tell you that I know at least three of your core personality traits, would you belive? Let’s see: 1) You have a great deal of unused capacity which you have not turned to your advantage. 2) While you…
As of January 2025, TikTok has over 4.5m videos tagged ‘astrology’. A 2022 Pew Research Center study found that 27% of U.S. adults believe in astrology, with a higher percentage among younger generations. Specifically, 37% of adults under 30 believe…
What is rationality? On one hand, we are sending human beings and rovers to mars using collective reasoning and on the other hand the same human species is stumbling over its own thoughts in daily life. As an example, many…
Introduction Let’s face it, when most people hear the words “scientific thinking,” they picture a serious scientist in a white coat, surrounded by test tubes and formulas or staring into the void of a microscope.Cold. Clinical. Detached. But reality is…
