Why Some People Are Just Hopeless

Or, if you cannot be a scientist, at least be a sports fan

👋 Hey there! My name is Abhishek. Welcome to a new edition of The Sunday Wisdom! This is the best way to learn new things with the least amount of effort.

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Now, on to this week’s essay.

This is the second part of a two-part essay where we explore human thinking, based on the learnings from Tim Urban’s excellent book, What’s Our Problem?. This week we’ll especially try to understand why, despite being super stupid, some people are still super super confident. It’s about 1,500 words.