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The First Thing Interior Designers Fix in a Bad Bedroom

Ask an interior designer to walk into a poorly-designed bedroom and they’ll clock the problems in seconds, and interestingly, they rarely start where amateurs do. Most of us, faced with a bedroom that feels off, reach for paint, cushions, or a new lampshade. Designers, by contrast, tend to fix something more fundamental first. Understanding what […]

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Why Smart People Believe Dumb Things: Unpacking the ‘Motivated Reasoning’ That Controls Your Mind

We have all seen a brilliant expert hold a belief that seems bafflingly false. We ask, “How can someone so smart believe something so dumb?” The truth is, high intelligence is no defence against this; in fact, it can make it worse. This is not a failure of intelligence but a feature of human cognition. […]

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