Projection: When We See Ourselves in Other People
Why we assume other people think more like us than the evidence allows.
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Motives & Decision Patterns
Hidden Motives & Decision Patterns
Understand how people use themselves as a model for others, protect existing beliefs, overlook warning patterns, and continue investing in choices that no longer serve them.
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Articles in this Collection
Confirmation Bias: How the Mind Protects Its Story
How an existing belief changes the search for evidence before a person realizes it.
Why People Ignore Red Flags They Can Clearly See
Why recognizing a warning intellectually does not always change behavior.
The Sunk-Cost Trap: Why We Stay With Bad Decisions
Why unrecoverable past investments keep influencing decisions about the future.