. wiki.keithl.com/MagicalOverthinking . == The Age of Magical Overthinking == === Notes on Modern Irrationality === === Amanda Montell 2024 153.42 Garden Home Library === .p022 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splitting_(psychology) | Splitting ]] .p024 Chinese Teens who "worshipped" people they really knew (parents, teachers) -> higher self-esteem and educational achievement .p029 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportionality_bias | proportionality bias ]] assumes big events have big causes, leads to conspiracy theories .p032 blame your childhood trauma, then pay [[ https://selfhealerscircle.com/waitlist/ | $26/mo ]] .p032 [[ https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/29/well/mind/tiktok-mental-illness-diagnosis.html | Self misdiagnosis on Tiktok ]] .p033 20% assume COVID manufactured on purpose, 17% believe [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QAnon | QAnon ]] Satan worshiping elite claims .p034 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel | incels ]] with [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattail_(hairstyle) | rattails ]] .p035 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda_Knox | Amanda Knox ]] wrongful conviction in Italy .p038 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girlboss | girlboss ]] .p039 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnostic_and_Statistical_Manual_of_Mental_Disorders | DSM ]] .p040 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritual_bypass | spiritual bypassing ]] .p041 [[ https://counterhate.com/research/the-disinformation-dozen/ | Disinformation Dozen ]] vaccine lies .n041 p229 [[ https://www.npr.org/2021/05/13/996570855/disinformation-dozen-test-facebooks-twitters-ability-to-curb-vaccine-hoaxes | 12 people behind vaccine hoaxes ]] including RFK Jr. .p042 [[ https://www.lionsnotsheep.com | Give violence a chance ]] $211K FTC fine for fake "made in USA" tags .p045 [[ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dr-oz-slammed-over-apple-juice-arsenic-warning/ | Dr. Oz dangerous arsenic in apple juice ]] .p047 woo-woo schmuck therapist in Venice CA [[ https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2018/dec/03/goat-yoga-the-greatest-of-all-time-or-a-passing-fad | goat yoga ]] .p048 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspirituality | conspirituality ]] .p049 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion | Baader-Meinhof phenomenon ]] frequency bias .p051 [[ https://catalog.wccls.org/polaris/search/default.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&type=Advanced | The Myth of Normal ]] [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabor_Mat%C3%A9 | Gabor Maté ]] .p059 Mr. Backpack abusive former boyfriend .p062 [[ http://rdoody.com/ | Ryan Doody ]] .p062 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diachrony_and_synchrony | diachronically ]] .p062 alpha male standards encourage men to keep their feelings in a vault .p074 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-sum_thinking | Zero-sum bias ]] .p074 i.e. public resistance to trade and immigration .p078 antitrade candidates criticized buy economists, adored by most voters .n078 p231 WAPO Paywall: Trump’s anti-trade rhetoric rattles the campaign message of Clinton and unions .p081 beauty comparison purgatory: problematic social media use, depression. low self-esteeem .p082 [[ eddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/pwi7ar/what_the_hell_does_gaslight_gatekeep_girlboss_mean/ | gaslight gatekeep girlboss ]] .n082 p232 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Tobia | Jacob Tobia ]] [[ Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story | tokenizing marginalized individuals ]] .p083 Freud catharsis invalid, [[ https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/3/4/491| acting bad doesn't cure feeling bad ]] .p084 [[ https://www.shamwow.com/ | ShamWow cloth ]] .p087 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivek_Murthy | Vivek Murthy ]] 2020 Together bvtn lib .n088 p232 [[ https://www.tumblr.com/shine-theory/62529326380/shine-theory-why-powerful-women-make-the-greatest | Shine Theory: Why Powerful Women Make the Greatest Friends ]] Ann Friedman .p096 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias | survivorship bias ]] .p100 [[ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/264982007_Disparities_in_Access_to_Health_Care_among_Adults_with_Physical_Disabilities_Analysis_of_a_Representative_National_Sample_for_a_Ten-Year_Period | Disparities in Access to Health Care among Adults with Physical Disabilities: Analysis of a Representative National Sample for a Ten-Year Period ]] .p101 bloomberg.com paywall 2022 84% of top billionaires advanced degrees top universities .p102 millenials have worse student debt .p104 internet malice 15yo Sophia Gall accused of faking cancer .p109 L.A. narcissism: there's too much light pollution to see the stars .p111 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recency_illusion | recency illusion ]] .p112 singular "they" used by Chaucer, Shakespeare, Austen .p112 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contronym | contronym ]] words that mean their exact opposite .p114 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spandrel_(biology) | spandrel ]] [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chin | chin ]] .p115 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_Odell | Jenny Odell ]] 2019 Wash Lib How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy .p122 [[ https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Reality#P | People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion. ]] Albert Einstein 1951 .p123 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustress | eustress ]] .p125 Keltner / Awe: The New Science Of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life / Bvtn Lib 152.4 KEL .p126 eight weeks of mindfulness lessons == Lexipro .p129 1995 [[ eddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1h3zpbr/mcarthur_wheeler_the_man_who_robbed_a_bank/ | McArthur Wheeler ]] robs bank assuming lemon juice makes him invisible .p131 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tinder_Swindler | The Tindler Swindler ]] .p132 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect | Dunning-Kruger effect ]] .p132 we should be humble and cautious about ourselves .p134 nearly everyone overestimates themselves .p134 Highest Life Expectancy (Japan? yes) Ancient Greek God of the Sun (Helios? yes) .p135 [[ https://arxiv.org/pdf/0909.4043 | The Evolution of Overconfidence ]] victor always behaves overconfidently . but aren't both sides overconfident? .p135 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Lowenstein | Roger Lowenstein ]][[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_Genius_Failed | When Genius Failed ]] .p136 [[ https://doi.org/10.1038/srep05491 | self-deceptive bluffing ]] .p137 98% of US middle/high students desire internet fame .p138 [[ https://www.inverse.com/article/48486-overconfident-ceos-are-more-likely-to-get-sued-study-says | overconfident CEOS more likely to get sued ]] .p139 [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_syndrome | imposter syndrome ]] .p143 Women more morally punishing than men .p143 [[ http://www.koabeck.com/ | Koa Beck ]] .p144 [[ https://catalog.wccls.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&pos=1&cn=3810475 | Mistakes Were Made, But Not By Me ]] 2020 Carol Tavris . people who ''almost'' decide to live in glass houses who throw the first stones .p145 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zipper | how zippers work ]] The Knowledge Illusion WCCLS 153.43 SLO .p146 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nescience | nescience ]] .p146 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audre_Lorde | Audre Lorde ]] We must constantly encourage ourselves and each other to attempt the heretical actions our dreams imply .p147 [[ https://dictionary.apa.org/ | APA dictionary ]] humility: accurate sense of accomplishments, acknowlegement of limitations .p147 if confidence aligns with performance and high metacognitive ability, open to corrective information .[[ https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.2020.0131 | Confirmation bias is adaptive when coupled with efficient metacognition ]] .p153 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor_Janega | Eleanor Janega ]] middle agers bathed a LOT, peasants communally .p154 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_truth_effect | illusory truth effect ]] belief by repeated exposure .p154 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_maiden | iron maiden ]] false, bogus 19th century confabulation .p162 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Tversky | Barbara Tversky ]] at Stanford .p163 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhyme-as-reason_effect | rhyme is reason ]] .p164 when a pundit sounds like a jingle, listen closer - knowledge isn't a nursery rhyme .p165 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_story_structures#Freytag's_pyramid | Freytag's Pyramid ]] .p167 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasis | anastasis ]] Greek for resurrection .p182 [[ https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2020.0131 | Confirmation bias is adaptive when coupled with efficient metacognition ]] defense against misinformation, notice your own thought processes .p183 [[ https://anniemurphypaul.com/about/ | Annie Murphy Paul ]] [[ https://docs.innovate-d.com/book-reviews/2022/br-2209-extended_mind-murphy_paul_a.pdf | The Extended Mind ]] .p185 Self-reported super-content Americans 30% since the 1950s .p186 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Koenig | John Koenig ]] Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows Bvnlib 152.403 KOE .p188 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declinism | declinism ]] .p189 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_theory | horseshoe theory ]] .p190 Freaky CGI version of [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_and_the_Tramp_(2019_film) | Lady and the Tramp ]] .p194 [[ https://btlbooks.com/authors/view/eddie-yuen | Eddie Yuen ]] 2012 [[ https://search.worldcat.org/title/820942616 | Catastrophism ]] .p195 wytai: feature of modern society that suddenly strikes you as absurd and grotesque .p196 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Baldwin | James Baldwin ]] I can't be a pessimist because I am alive .p199 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leah_Thomas_(ecofeminist) | Leah Thomas ]] [[ https://www.intersectionalenvironmentalist.com | Intersectional Environmentalist ]] joy motivates, shame doesn't .p211 "I do not want to be a woman in the workforce!! I want to be a little creature drinking from a creek!!!" .p223 "please just lie like the husband in the Julia Louis-Dreyfus movie" . which movie? [[ https://catalog.wccls.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&pos=2&cn=4259558 | You Hurt My Feelings 2023 ]]?