We are continually bombarded by stimuli, and we increasingly make judgments based on unconscious biases, external influences, and cerebral shortcuts.
The Pratfall Effect is one…
It is routine for a coworker who has been tasked with completing a presentation by a certain date to fail to do so within the allotted time frame, even though they had previously …
The first time I visited a Japanese restaurant, I took a look at the menu. I had never eaten Japanese. I realized that I did not know any of the dishes and items were all Japanese…
Read the horoscope in the newspaper today.
It’s surprisingly accurate.
Sucker!
We all know that horoscopes are written for the masses, but I can’t help but fe…
I was watching Scam 1992 – the web series on Harshad Mehta. Self-anointed Big Bull. What surprised me was that with just a rumour that Mehta was picking up a share, the rest of th…
I saw online that a TV priced at Rs. 60,000. I went shopping at a local electronics store that offered it for Rs 59,000, which I happily accepted. Except that another dealer was s…
