We’ve all heard that “knowledge is power,” often to the point where it seems like a cliche. While this phrase is originally attributed to the philosopher Francis Bacon, it has been repeated by many ...

The Unified Theory Of Knowledge offers a consilient approach to psychology and philosophy for the 21st century. In this series of posts, I am going to lay out how to think about human knowledge. In ...

For most Americans, voting for a member of Congress is one of their simplest civic duties. Every two years, they pick the candidate they like best—usually the same one they chose last time—and whoever ...

The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias in which people wrongly overestimate their knowledge or ability in a specific area. This tends to occur because a lack of self-awareness prevents them ...