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Michael Pokrovski

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2026-06-08 21:01:31 -

Are cognitive biases always bad?
Are Cognitive Biases Always Bad? The Question That Assumes Too Much Clarity A person recognizes a pattern in others’ behavior. They assume someone is angry because of a single sharp message, ignoring alternative explanations. Sometimes they are wrong. Sometimes they are right. The same mental shortcut produces both accurate and inaccurate judgments. This creates an uncomfortable...

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Michael Pokrovski

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How does pricing psychology work?
How Does Pricing Psychology Work? The Strange Distance Between Price and Value A customer stands in front of two identical bottles of olive oil. One is priced at $9.99. The other at $14.99. Nothing else differs. Same shelf. Same brand. Same quantity. Yet the customer hesitates. Then chooses the more expensive bottle. When asked why, they offer a familiar explanation: it “seems...

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Michael Pokrovski

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2026-06-08 18:54:43 -

How is behavioral economics different from traditional economics?
How Is Behavioral Economics Different From Traditional Economics? The Question That Split Economics in Two Imagine two economists observing the same scene. A shopper enters a store intending to buy toothpaste. Ten minutes later, she leaves with scented candles, gourmet chocolate, and a kitchen gadget she had never considered purchasing before entering. The first economist shrugs. The...

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Michael Pokrovski

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2026-06-08 21:04:40 -

How many cognitive biases are there?
How Many Cognitive Biases Are There? The Question That Sounds Precise but Isn’t A student of decision-making opens a list of cognitive biases. Availability bias. Anchoring. Confirmation bias. Loss aversion. Framing. Overconfidence. The list continues. Then expands. Then branches. At some point, the question naturally arises: how many cognitive biases are there? It feels like a...

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Michael Pokrovski

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2026-06-08 20:56:57 -

What are cognitive biases?
What Are Cognitive Biases? The Quiet Distortions Inside Clear Thinking A person is asked a simple question: “Which is more likely: a dramatic event, or a dramatic event explained in detail?” Most people choose the second option. It feels more plausible. More complete. More “real.” But logically, this cannot be correct. Adding detail cannot increase probability....

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Michael Pokrovski

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2026-06-08 19:01:03 -

What are examples of behavioral economics?
What Are Examples of Behavioral Economics? The Strange Predictability of Human “Mistakes” A hospital cafeteria quietly rearranges its food display. Nothing is removed. Nothing is added. Only the order changes. A few weeks later, salad sales rise. Soda purchases fall. Dessert consumption declines. No prices were altered. No nutritional lectures were delivered. No penalties...

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Michael Pokrovski

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2026-06-08 20:33:55 -

What did behavioral economists discover?
What Did Behavioral Economists Discover? The Quiet Collapse of a Perfect Model For much of the twentieth century, economics was built on an elegant assumption: humans behave like rational agents. They gather information, process it consistently, and choose the option that maximizes utility. The model was not meant to describe people perfectly. It was meant to simplify reality. And for a...

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Michael Pokrovski

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What is an example of a cognitive bias?
What Is an Example of a Cognitive Bias? A Simple Question With a Non-Simple Answer A person is asked whether more words in English begin with the letter “K” or have “K” as the third letter. Most people choose the first option. It feels correct. Immediate. Intuitive. But it is wrong. In reality, far more English words contain “K” in the third position...

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Michael Pokrovski

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What is behavioral economics?
What Is Behavioral Economics? The Discipline That Discovered How We Actually Decide The Mistake That Changed Economics Several years ago, I found myself standing in a grocery store, holding two bottles of wine. One cost $12. The other cost $24. I knew almost nothing about wine. Yet I lingered. I examined labels I did not understand, regions I could not locate on a map, and tasting notes...

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Michael Pokrovski

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2026-06-08 20:30:31 -

What is prospect theory?
What Is Prospect Theory? The Moment Where Economic Theory Meets Human Behavior A person is offered two choices: A guaranteed gain of $500 A 50% chance to gain $1,000, and a 50% chance to gain nothing Most people choose the guaranteed $500. Now reverse the framing: A guaranteed loss of $500 A 50% chance to lose $1,000, and a 50% chance to lose nothing Now most...

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