Education
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The “Zero” Trap: Why Our Brains Pick Small Wins Over Big Safety
As a journalist with over ten years of experience covering human behavior, I have sat across from CEOs, scientists, and…
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Why Your Daily Commute Feels Shorter Than a New Route of the Same Distance
Seventeen-year-old Priya had been commuting to her coaching classes in Delhi for six months using the same route every day—from…
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Does AI mean more uni students are plagiarising their work?
People using other peoples’ ideas, words and creations without acknowledgement is a widespread problem. Plagiarism occurs everywhere from restaurant menus…
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Why Adding ₹10 to ₹20 Feels Huge But Adding ₹10 to ₹1,000 Feels Tiny: The Weber-Fechner Law
Seventeen-year-old Rohan was shopping for a new phone case and a new laptop. At the electronics store, he found a…
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Why You Eat the Whole Bag of Chips Even When You’re Full: Understanding Unit Bias
During a psychology experiment at Delhi University, researchers invited students to a “movie evaluation study.” Each participant received free popcorn…
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Why School Committees Spend Hours Debating Cafeteria Menus But Rush Through Budget Decisions
The school management committee of Delhi’s Greenfield Academy was meeting to make three important decisions: approving a ₹50 lakh technology…
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Why Everyone Thinks Advertising Works on Others But Not on Them: The Third-Person Effect
During a media literacy class at Mumbai’s Cathedral School, the teacher showed seventeen-year-old Priya and her classmates a series of…
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Why Speeding From 80 to 100 km/h Barely Saves Time: The Time-Saving Bias
Eighteen-year-old Aditya had just gotten his motorcycle license and was riding to his friend’s house 60 kilometers away. Running late,…
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Why Studying Only Successful People Gives You the Wrong Lessons: Survivorship Bias
Seventeen-year-old Rohan was frustrated. He’d read ten biographies of successful entrepreneurs—Steve Jobs, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg—and noticed they…
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Why Schools Chase Test Scores Instead of Real Learning: The Surrogation Trap
Green Valley High School in Delhi had a problem. For five years running, their Class 10 board exam scores had…
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Why Horoscopes Always Seem Accurate Even When They’re Not: Subjective Validation
During a psychology class at Mumbai’s St. Xavier’s School, the teacher gave each of the thirty students a sealed envelope…
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Why Breaking Down Big Risks Makes Them Seem Scarier: The Subadditivity Effect
Seventeen-year-old Aditya was planning his first international trip—a two-week tour of Europe with his school group. At the airport insurance…
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Why Assuming All Engineers Are Bad at Writing Is Wrong: Understanding Stereotyping
Priya was nervous as she waited for her job interview at a leading Mumbai marketing firm. She had a stellar…
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Why We Keep Using Old Passwords and Never Switch Banks: The Status Quo Trap
For fifty years, Delhi Public School had followed the same daily schedule: school started at 7:30 AM, with eight 40-minute…
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Why Everyone Claims to Exercise Daily But Gym Memberships Go Unused: The Social Desirability Bias
During a Class 10 health awareness program, students at Mumbai’s St. Francis School were given an anonymous survey about their…
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