I’ve spent a great portion of my life arguing with a variety of people across a multitude of environment, so I’m in a unique position to evaluate how people arrive at conclusions and modify their beliefs. Here I’ll keep track of how I believe people put together their beliefs, the shortcomings of many of these systems, how to protect your own mind against these pitfalls and how to draw others away from the same traps.

  1. Aesthetic vs Function
  2. Constellation of Beliefs
  3. Humans are not Truth-Seeking Machines
  4. Normative Confusion with Applied Positions
  5. Social Incentives Dictate Beliefs Smaller concepts and how I view them.
  6. Cognitive Dissonance
  7. Skeptics Rarely Are