The many forms of belief

October 11, 2020

What does it mean to believe? We often say things like "I believe..." and "they think that..." But what do we really mean by a "belief"? It's notoriously tricky to define. For starters, we sometimes think of beliefs in binaries (true vs. false) and other times in probabilities (a 90% chance of coming true). We sometimes would be willing to bet on our beliefs ("I'll bet you $100 that New York City is not the capital of New York State"), and other times we wouldn't be willing to bet (e.g...

The Tocayo Technique to remember the name of a person you just met

August 7, 2018

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Written: August 7, 2018 | Released: July 30, 2021 Do you struggle to remember people's names after you meet them? Do you have a penchant for weird tricks? If you answered "yes" to those questions, you're a great candidate to use my three-part weird trick to remember people's names. I call it the "Tocayo Technique." I find it very effective, though unfortunately, I still don't have a habit of using it as often as I should. Step 1: Intention - before the person tells you their n...