KNOW THIS!

Stuff everyone should know

Nearly everyone has an agenda and preconceived ideas of what's right and wrong. As much as you'd like to protest that you're unbiased and objective - I don't believe you

I'm biased - I know it. If you don't like it, go read something else!

What I like to try and do from time-to-time is to consciously separate myself from that bias, and try to apply rational facts to my thinking. Maybe sometimes it works? Maybe not..

Below is a collection of links to articles, blog posts and studies - generally with a biased introduction by me ;)

Concepts you SHOULD know and WHY they matter to you (in order of priority)

• Confirmation Bias 
• Selectivity, Sensitivity: Their effect on "results"
• The Exponential Function: Peak Oil, Peak Population, Peak Anything!
• Cognitive Dissonance & Dissonance Reduction: "I don't like it"

(note the list of bullet points is currently just a list so I remember to write pages on these things! Eventually they'll be links, in the mean time.. google search them for yourself..)