Through definitions of tags, where I arrived by checking out interesting words on the Concepts page (or looking for specific words I’ve noticed in posts or comments), I have discovered a few terms that quite accurately describe how I sometimes (irrationally?) think.
I’d be curious for an example or two that stood out to you?
Rationalization is probably the one that was the most enlightening. I tend to sometimes (knowingly) think in that way, but didn’t necessarily view it as a negative thing (and didn’t know the term) before reading the tag description here. Confirmation Bias seems like it’s related to (or could be a part of) rationalization as well. Another one that stood out was Akrasia.
These are the ones that stood out to me initially. Looking now at the Concepts page again, I feel like I should at some point check out all of the terms at least by hovering over them, because there are a lot of ones that look interesting or may have a deeper meaning than they might seem to at first sight.
I’d be curious for an example or two that stood out to you?
Rationalization is probably the one that was the most enlightening. I tend to sometimes (knowingly) think in that way, but didn’t necessarily view it as a negative thing (and didn’t know the term) before reading the tag description here. Confirmation Bias seems like it’s related to (or could be a part of) rationalization as well. Another one that stood out was Akrasia.
These are the ones that stood out to me initially. Looking now at the Concepts page again, I feel like I should at some point check out all of the terms at least by hovering over them, because there are a lot of ones that look interesting or may have a deeper meaning than they might seem to at first sight.