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Nov 10, 2016
1 min

Ever gotten burned by jumping to conclusions? This simple trick helps you deal with uncertainty

Evolution has given us a default tendency to come up with just one explanation for the events we observe, even those for which there coul...

Nov 8, 2016
2 min

Is it irrational to vote? (Remember: today's the day if you're American!)

Some have argued that voting is irrational, since the only time it technically changes the election results is if there is a tie. But as ...

Nov 3, 2016
2 min

What is the Sunk Cost Fallacy, or "throwing good money after bad"?

In short, the Sunk Cost Fallacy is a broad category of error in which irretrievable past expenses distort your reasoning about the future...

Nov 2, 2016
8 min

One important difference between Clinton & Trump voters: how they perceive honesty

The 2016 U.S. election cycle has been among the longest, nastiest, and most divisive in the country's history. The partisan divide betwee...

Oct 28, 2016
1 min

Want to get better at learning from mistakes?

Most people know that it's important to learn from their mistakes — doing so helps you become a more flexible thinker, and naturally redu...

Oct 26, 2016
6 min

Why is it so hard to tell when people are lying?

Everyone lies at least once in a while. In fact, "once in a while" might be an understatement, a 2002 UMass study found that 60% of peopl...

Oct 14, 2016
2 min

How can I organize myself to reach my goals, improve my relationships, and achieve more in life?

Pursuing long-term goals and self-improvement projects can provide some of the most rewarding experiences that life has to offer, but the...

Oct 12, 2016
6 min

7 questions for deciding whether to trust your gut

Intuition — our gut feeling about how to act in a given situation — is one of the human brain's most powerful features. However, our intu...

Oct 4, 2016
1 min

What is Bayes' Rule, and how can you apply it in daily life? This mini-course makes it simple.

Have you ever felt absolutely certain that you were right about something, only to discover that you were wrong? If so, there's a good ch...

Sep 28, 2016
6 min

10 productivity tips from ClearerThinking founder Spencer Greenberg

Clearerthinking.org founder Spencer Greenberg has put a great deal of thought into the question of productivity, or how to accomplish the...

Sep 22, 2016
2 min

Are bats blind? Is swimming after eating OK? This common misconceptions quiz has the answers.

Ever wonder if many of the things you've been told and believe to be true are actually socially propagated lumps of B.S.? Are bats really...

Sep 21, 2016
1 min

Want to enjoy life more? Try these positive psychology exercises

In positive psychology, "savoring" is the process of deliberately using thoughts and actions to magnify the intensity and duration of pos...

Sep 14, 2016
6 min

8 Ways To Be More Rational With Your Money

Money makes the world go 'round, as the old song would have it. But even though tending carefully to our finances is extremely important,...

Sep 7, 2016
1 min

How to make better cost estimates, avoid project delays, & fight the Planning Fallacy

The Planning Fallacy is the ingrained human tendency to underestimate the amounts of time and resources required to complete projects. It...

Sep 2, 2016
1 min

Need a logical fallacies list? Learn to identify several in the wild

Logical fallacies, known more accurately in their verbal form as "rhetorical fallacies, are everywhere. They're frequently used by market...

Sep 1, 2016
1 min

Need self-improvement ideas for work? Challenge your beliefs and gain a better perspective

Over the course of our lives, we each develop a unique worldview — a set of strongly-held opinions that we use to make sense of the world...

Aug 30, 2016
5 min

The 7 biggest problems science faces, according to scientists

We spend a lot of time discussing how to interpret science at ClearerThinking, and for good reason. Science is the best system available ...

Aug 23, 2016
1 min

Which are the social programs that work? Take this quiz to find out.

The desire to do good for the less fortunate is always praiseworthy, but it's also easier said than accomplished. Large-scale attempts to...

Aug 17, 2016
1 min

Try our new Program Guide to get the most out of ClearerThinking

Since our founding in 2012, we at ClearerThinking.org have released over 20 free tools and courses. All of these programs are designed to...

Aug 3, 2016
5 min

Learn which polls are worth trusting with FiveThirtyEight's pollster rankings

If you've been following the news around the upcoming American presidential election, you've probably read a lot about polls – and the el...

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