Thinking Traps IRL

By Thinking Traps

Narrated essays about the cognitive biases shaping current events, online conversations, culture, technology, and everyday judgment.... more

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The podcast currently has 15 episodes available.

Thinking Traps IRL episodes:

July 21, 2026 When Helping Becomes the Hazard
Five deaths in Ohio's Scioto River reveal how action bias, urgency, optimism, and social proof can turn one emergency into a rescue cascade.
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7min
July 20, 2026 The Monet AI Experiment: When a Label Changes What You See
SHL0MS labeled a real Claude Monet painting as AI-generated, and the internet supplied the flaws. The experiment reveals how framing, confirmation bias, and the horn effect can change what we think we see.
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11min
July 20, 2026 When a Confident AI Forecast Starts Feeling Inevitable
Nouriel Roubini's prediction that AI will transform work and make universal basic income inevitable reveals how authority, coherent stories, and a single dominant trend can turn a forecast into a felt fact.
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8min
July 19, 2026 When an Arrest Becomes a Verdict
Andrew and Tristan Tate's Miami arrest produced instant certainty. Here is what is confirmed, what is alleged, and how thinking traps distort the debate.
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5min
July 17, 2026 When Faster Information Feels Like Better Information
A new paid feed offering financial firms faster access to influential social posts raises a wider question: does getting information sooner actually make a decision better?
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5min

FAQs about Thinking Traps IRL:

How many episodes does Thinking Traps IRL have?

The podcast currently has 15 episodes available.