Dysrationalia

Deriving general rules from specific examples; the leap from instance to concept.

The brain evolved to reason adaptively, not always truthfully, to reduce the cost of errors.

We solve problems by adding, even when subtracting would be better.

Assuming that if one option is true, another must be false, when both can be true.

Presuming a purposeful actor behind events that may have no actor at all.

What cannot be settled by experiment is not worth debating.

Structuring actions so that responsibility can be denied.

Generate based on retrieved documents, not just trained weights.

Whether the room stands depends on thresholds and who can see whom — not on quality alone.

Optimizing for queue length over diagnosis depth turns clinicians into ticket-closers.

Combining substances to create a new material stronger than its parts.

Spending disproportionate energy on trivial decisions.

Once we say it publicly, we'll defend it past the data.

Forcing exhaustion of annual research budgets pushes agencies to fund speculative work for baseline protection.

Evaluation suites that no longer reflect real-world conditions.

Making someone question their own reality or perceptions.

Authenticity becomes a performance the moment it becomes a paycheck.

Thinking about one's own thinking.