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Read this korrent: Even when advice is understood and believed, people discount it by assuming their own case is the exception.
Even when advice is understood and believed, people discount it by assuming their own case is the exception.
Last stated 4 years ago
14 Mar 2023
AM
Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2023-03-14 — tap for who they are
Same subject: People tend to assume their habitual practices achieve what they intend, even without evidence that they do. — tap to centre the map on it
People tend to assume their habitual practices achieve what they intend, even without evidence that they do.
Last stated 4 months ago
22 Jun 2026
HK
Henrik Karlsson — holds since 2026-06-22 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Advice is unreliable because it reflects hindsight, survivorship, and confirmation bias. — tap to centre the map on it
Advice is unreliable because it reflects hindsight, survivorship, and confirmation bias.
Last stated a year ago
9 Jun 2025
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Ken Norton — holds since 2025-06-09 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most advice is bad: it is either obvious, true for some people but not others, or wrong — tap to centre the map on it
Most advice is bad: it is either obvious, true for some people but not others, or wrong
Last stated 2 months ago
25 Aug 2026
AM
Adam Mastroianni — holds since 2026-08-25 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Most advice people give is shaped by survivorship bias and cannot be reliably generalized to others. — tap to centre the map on it
Most advice people give is shaped by survivorship bias and cannot be reliably generalized to others.
Last stated 2 months ago
16 Aug 2026
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Rohit Krishnan — holds since 2026-08-16 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The person receiving advice usually knows more about their own situation than the person giving it does. — tap to centre the map on it
The person receiving advice usually knows more about their own situation than the person giving it does.
Last stated a year ago
26 May 2025
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Neel Nanda — holds since 2025-05-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Strong intuitions that seem clear lack a way of calibrating, which makes people wildly overconfident about what they know and reluctant to accept they may be wrong. — tap to centre the map on it
Strong intuitions that seem clear lack a way of calibrating, which makes people wildly overconfident about what they know and reluctant to accept they may be wrong.
Last stated 7 years ago
12 Oct 2019
DK
Daniel Kahneman — holds since 2019-10-12 — tap for who they are
Same subject: One has to allow for the self-serving bias of everybody else, and failing to do so is foolish — tap to centre the map on it
One has to allow for the self-serving bias of everybody else, and failing to do so is foolish
Last stated 19 years ago
13 May 2007
CM
Charlie Munger — holds since 2007-05-13 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Advice is often constrained by the utterances within the advice itself. — tap to centre the map on it
Advice is often constrained by the utterances within the advice itself.
Last stated 4 years ago
26 Jan 2023
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Visakan Veerasamy — holds since 2023-01-26 — tap for who they are
Same subject: "Evidence-based therapy" is a branding term rather than a scientific one, and in practice it is a code word for "not psychodynamic". — tap to centre the map on it
"Evidence-based therapy" is a branding term rather than a scientific one, and in practice it is a code word for "not psychodynamic".
Last stated 13 years ago
2 Oct 2013
JS
Jonathan Shedler — holds since 2013-10-02 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A couples therapist starts by validating where people are, not by asking them to be vulnerable. — tap to centre the map on it
A couples therapist starts by validating where people are, not by asking them to be vulnerable.
Last stated 3 years ago
15 May 2023
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Sue Johnson — holds since 2023-05-15 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A culture that emphasizes self-esteem over self-knowledge leaves people less equipped to resist doing monstrous things. — tap to centre the map on it
A culture that emphasizes self-esteem over self-knowledge leaves people less equipped to resist doing monstrous things.
Last stated a year ago
8 Sept 2025
GS
Guy Spier — holds since 2025-09-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A therapy is only shown to be more effective if it is compared against another treatment intended to help, not against a control nobody expected to work. — tap to centre the map on it
A therapy is only shown to be more effective if it is compared against another treatment intended to help, not against a control nobody expected to work.
Last stated 2 years ago
11 Sept 2024
SM
Scott D. Miller — holds since 2024-09-11 — tap for who they are
Same subject: EMDR gives clinicians an efficient way to address psychological and physical symptoms stemming from adverse life experiences. — tap to centre the map on it
EMDR gives clinicians an efficient way to address psychological and physical symptoms stemming from adverse life experiences.
Last stated 13 years ago
1 Mar 2014
FS
Francine Shapiro — holds since 2014-03-01 — tap for who they are
Same subject: EMDR is an eight-phase treatment that starts with history-taking to find the memories and current situations that need addressing. — tap to centre the map on it
EMDR is an eight-phase treatment that starts with history-taking to find the memories and current situations that need addressing.
Last stated 16 years ago
19 Mar 2011
FS
Francine Shapiro — holds since 2011-03-19 — tap for who they are
Same subject: In schema therapy the therapeutic relationship itself supplies the attunement that was missing in childhood. — tap to centre the map on it
In schema therapy the therapeutic relationship itself supplies the attunement that was missing in childhood.
Last stated 7 months ago
6 Apr 2026
AW
Annie Wright — holds since 2026-04-06 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Narcissism runs along a spectrum rather than being a category, and schema therapy treats it by working back to what early life embedded. — tap to centre the map on it
Narcissism runs along a spectrum rather than being a category, and schema therapy treats it by working back to what early life embedded.
Last stated 6 years ago
30 Jul 2020
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Wendy Behary — holds since 2020-07-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Schema therapy was designed for entrenched patterns that do not respond well to traditional CBT. — tap to centre the map on it
Schema therapy was designed for entrenched patterns that do not respond well to traditional CBT.
Last stated 7 months ago
6 Apr 2026
AW
Annie Wright — holds since 2026-04-06 — tap for who they are
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Even when advice is understood and believed, people discount it by assuming their own case is the exception.
Last stated 14 Mar 2023 · 4 years ago
Holds Adam Mastroianni
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People tend to assume their habitual practices achieve what they intend, even without evidence that they do.
Last stated 22 Jun 2026 · 4 months ago
Holds Henrik Karlsson
Similar wording
Advice is unreliable because it reflects hindsight, survivorship, and confirmation bias.
Last stated 9 Jun 2025 · a year ago
Holds Ken Norton
Similar wording
Most advice is bad: it is either obvious, true for some people but not others, or wrong
Last stated 25 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Adam Mastroianni
Similar wording
Most advice people give is shaped by survivorship bias and cannot be reliably generalized to others.
Last stated 16 Aug 2026 · 2 months ago
Holds Rohit Krishnan
Similar wording
The person receiving advice usually knows more about their own situation than the person giving it does.
Last stated 26 May 2025 · a year ago
Holds Neel Nanda
Similar wording
Strong intuitions that seem clear lack a way of calibrating, which makes people wildly overconfident about what they know and reluctant to accept they may be wrong.
Last stated 12 Oct 2019 · 7 years ago
Holds Daniel Kahneman
Similar wording
One has to allow for the self-serving bias of everybody else, and failing to do so is foolish
Last stated 13 May 2007 · 19 years ago
Holds Charlie Munger
Similar wording
Advice is often constrained by the utterances within the advice itself.
Last stated 26 Jan 2023 · 4 years ago
Holds Visakan Veerasamy
Same subject: Psychotherapy
"Evidence-based therapy" is a branding term rather than a scientific one, and in practice it is a code word for "not psychodynamic".
Last stated 2 Oct 2013 · 13 years ago
Holds Jonathan Shedler
Same subject: Psychotherapy
A couples therapist starts by validating where people are, not by asking them to be vulnerable.
Last stated 15 May 2023 · 3 years ago
Holds Sue Johnson
Same subject: Psychotherapy
A culture that emphasizes self-esteem over self-knowledge leaves people less equipped to resist doing monstrous things.
Last stated 8 Sept 2025 · a year ago
Holds Guy Spier
Same subject: EMDR
A therapy is only shown to be more effective if it is compared against another treatment intended to help, not against a control nobody expected to work.
Last stated 11 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago
Holds Scott D. Miller
Same subject: EMDR
EMDR gives clinicians an efficient way to address psychological and physical symptoms stemming from adverse life experiences.
Last stated 1 Mar 2014 · 13 years ago
Holds Francine Shapiro
Same subject: EMDR
EMDR is an eight-phase treatment that starts with history-taking to find the memories and current situations that need addressing.
Last stated 19 Mar 2011 · 16 years ago
Holds Francine Shapiro
Same subject: Schema therapy
In schema therapy the therapeutic relationship itself supplies the attunement that was missing in childhood.
Last stated 6 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Annie Wright
Same subject: Schema therapy
Narcissism runs along a spectrum rather than being a category, and schema therapy treats it by working back to what early life embedded.
Last stated 30 Jul 2020 · 6 years ago
Holds Wendy Behary
Same subject: Schema therapy
Schema therapy was designed for entrenched patterns that do not respond well to traditional CBT.
Last stated 6 Apr 2026 · 7 months ago
Holds Annie Wright