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199 factsaka “Cognitive Dissonantics”
From Occam's razor to moral luck, these philosophy facts explain the ideas people argue about at 2 a.m. — verified, labeled, and only slightly smug.
“Absurdism” was invented after a man watched humans behave for five minutes.✗ FAKE“Authenticity” became a philosophical topic because humans love pretending they’re not performing.✗ FAKE“Cogito” is Latin for “I’m spiraling, but make it intellectual.”✗ FAKE“Critical thinking” was invented to stop people from believing everything their cousin posts.✗ FAKE“Epistemology” was invented to make “how do you know?” sound intimidating.✗ FAKE“Hume’s Fork” was invented because David Hume loved dividing things and starting fights.✗ FAKE“Moral luck” was invented to explain why life is unfair and still blame you a little.✗ FAKE“Occam’s Razor” was invented by someone who hated overcomplicated excuses.✗ FAKE“The common good” was invented because some people kept choosing the selfish good.✗ FAKE“The good life” was invented as a concept to make everyone feel behind.✗ FAKE“The paradox of choice” was invented after someone spent 40 minutes choosing a snack.✗ FAKE“The Self” is considered complex because it won’t stop changing its mind.✗ FAKEA “thought experiment” is what philosophers call procrastination with confidence.✗ FAKEA paradox is just logic doing a backflip and landing on your brain.✗ FAKEAncient philosophers wore robes because it’s hard to overthink while wearing tight pants.✗ FAKEAristotle categorized everything because he couldn’t handle vibes-based living.✗ FAKECompatibilism was invented as the philosophical version of “why not both?”✗ FAKEConfucius gave advice in short quotes because he didn’t want follow-up questions.✗ FAKECynicism began when someone got betrayed once and never recovered.✗ FAKEDeontology was invented by someone who said “rules are rules” and meant it aggressively.✗ FAKE
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