The Conjunction Fallacy Humans are required to make thousands of decisions every day. To do this, people often use mental shortcuts called heuristics. These mental shortcuts often work well but can sometimes ignore logic and probability. When a person believes a specific condition is more probable than a...
In the month of October, members of the RF discord server and its various divisions and teams’ server would have noticed some changes. To celebrate Halloween, channel names were changed to match the theme. Furthermore, to celebrate this spooky season, we organised a Monster Mashup contest. We asked members across...
Dear Debby, I recently got into a lot of trouble for “bystanding” a bullying incident when I wasn’t even in the chat when it happened. My school has not allowed me to defend my case and is now threatening a suspension. I’m a pretty good kid and I’m usually not...
You Seminar Contest Winners For the month of June, we asked members across all of the divisions to send us a piece of art, video, writing, etc to showcase what they are proud of. Thank you to the Disney, Art, Music, Literature divisions for hosting, and thank you to everyone...
Why do people believe in ghosts? Perceptions of the afterlife vary across cultures, traditions, and spiritual beliefs. Belief in the continued existence after death is prevalent globally and throughout human history. Though these entities go by many names, for the purpose of this discussion, they will be...
Hey there friends and pals, welcome to my limited series called Breaking Out of Thinking Traps where I will delve into spirals we put ourselves in when we begin to worry. For our first installment, we will be discussing Black/White thinking or All-or-Nothing thinking.
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