Psychological Quirks of Language: 10 concepts
Almost 100 years ago, the Kiki-Bouba experiment showed that the words we use to describe objects are not chosen randomly. There is some sense in how we …
Write 10x Better with these 10 Psychological Hooks [How-to]
Your writing gets immersive and engaging when you connect with the reader’s mental space. And the way to do that is to include words and …
How to Persuade Authorities to give your ideas a chance
A politician, govt. authority, or influential professional, and even many CEOs may be risk-averse. Persuading them to take a risk on your big idea or …
Prompt Engineering Tips for ChatGPT [w/ examples]
I’ve been using ChatGPT 4 a lot for some R&D on human-AI interactions, and I’ve tested out the kinks of using ChatGPT productively. Here are …
How To Say Sorry: 10 qualities of a Good Apology
Here’s how to say sorry and mean it, according to research. It will help you make an apology your partner deserves and hopes for. How …
How to counter pseudoscience; it’s not about the evidence
People try to make sense of their experiences. Some of that sense-making is pseudoscientific. The Sense-making fulfills psychological needs. That creates an emotional attachment to …
Do Universal Words Exist? From evolution to cognates & iconicity
With a loose definition of the word universal, a number of words from many languages are almost universally understood. We learn many words across multiple …
Code switching: Why people mix 2 languages together while speaking
When people mix two languages while speaking, we say they are code switching. You can call each language a code. Depending on what one is …
How to help a friend with depression (Guide & Examples)
What to say to a depressed person – 30 examples. In the previous article, I went through 15 sentences that you should not use while …
15 things to NOT say to depressed people… and why you shouldn’t say them
Lots of people around us could be depressed or suicidal. We often never know because there is a communication barrier. It’s not easy figuring out …