Monkeypox- a new threat?
In 1980, surely one of the great achievements of modern medicine was celebrated – the eradication of smallpox. This infectious, highly contagious disease, including airborne, is characterized by fever, a…
The Authority bias
The authority bias is the tendency to overestimate the opinion of authority figures and obey their indications to the detriment of the analysis of the situation. Small details can reinforce…
Is it true that we only use 10% of the brain?
Many people believe that we only use a small part of the brain. In an online survey conducted in the United States, the majority (65%) of the more than 2000…
What is evolutionary incompatibility?
What we are today is the result of millions of years of evolution. All of us are the result of an unbroken family line (of ancestors). For this it was…
The availability bias
The heuristics of availability is one of our most important evolutionary legacies. It represents a process of cognitive simplification that leads us to perceive the frequency of certain events based…
