Category: Daily Insight
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AI Chatbots Can Make Your Existing Cognitive Bias Worse
Everyone uses chatbots to a certain extent now. Some even say the generative AI chatbots have replaced Google search. But when it comes to serious issues such as health information, AI may lead to bigger problems. A 2025 study in Germany and the UK found that generative AI tools can amplify confirmation bias during health…
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Repeated Emotional Events Make Stronger Memories; Not the Neutral Ones
Have you noticed that those repeated emotional events (usually negative ones) tend to stick longer? Waking up at 3 am because of embarrassing moments in college, or someone wronged us in the past. Why would we not remember “happy” or neutral events? Rather, we tend ot cringe towards those most awkward, scared, or shamed moments? While…
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Why Do Beginners Look More Confident Than Veterans?
Have you ever noticed how sometimes beginners can be confidently wrong about things they barely understand? But industry-savvy with years of experience seem to be too humble? This is the Dunning–Kruger effect, a classic psychological theory. First proposed in 1999, the theory describes how we perceive our own competence. It is not a judgment itself,…
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