The Cult of Manifestation
Sounds Like A Cult
Understanding Cognitive Biases through Personal Experience
The speaker discusses how cognitive biases, such as Confirmation bias and Sunk Cost fallacy, can shed light on the mysteries of the human mind and the conflicts it causes. The research done for the speaker's book on cults led to a deeper understanding of these biases. Personal experiences, like staying in a cult-like relationship, were later rationalized through the lens of cognitive biases, shifting self-judgment to a more informed perspective.
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