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  2. List of paradoxes - Wikipedia

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    New states paradox: Adding a new state or voting block might increase the number of votes of another. Population paradox : A fast-growing state can lose votes to a slow-growing state. Arrow's paradox : Given more than two choices, no system can have all the attributes of an ideal voting system at once.

  3. List of fallacies - Wikipedia

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    The "whole truth" is defined as learning "something about everything", "everything about something", or "everything about everything". In reality, a historian "can only hope to know something about something". [36] Homunculus fallacy – using a "middle-man" for explanation; this sometimes leads to regressive middle-men.

  4. List of cognitive biases - Wikipedia

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    Explanations include information-processing rules (i.e., mental shortcuts), called heuristics, that the brain uses to produce decisions or judgments. Biases have a variety of forms and appear as cognitive ("cold") bias, such as mental noise, [ 5 ] or motivational ("hot") bias, such as when beliefs are distorted by wishful thinking .

  5. Wikipedia : Wikipedia is not for things made up one day

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    Sometimes an editor is tempted to write an article about an idea that they or their friends have come up with, such as a new ball game, a new word or phrase, a film you uploaded to YouTube, or a new language. It's natural to want to tell the world, and Wikipedia seems like a great way to do that. There are several things wrong with doing this:

  6. If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others

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    The speech was titled "If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others". [14] Writers Harlan Ellison, Roger Zelazny, John Brunner, Harry Harrison, Robert Sheckley, and Fritz Leiber were all in attendance at Metz. Also invited was film producer Gary Kurtz, who was promoting his film Star Wars (1977) in Europe. [13]

  7. List of multiple discoveries - Wikipedia

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    I never had an idea in my life. My so-called inventions already existed in the environment – I took them out. I've created nothing. Nobody does. There's no such thing as an idea being brain-born; everything comes from the outside. —

  8. Wikipedia:Most ideas are bad - Wikipedia

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    Many bad ideas aren't 100% bad. Maybe your idea addresses a real problem, but it's not quite the right approach; maybe your idea is almost there, and just needs a little tweaking. Look at ways you could revise your idea to address criticisms, and don't be afraid to ask for help. Learn something new.

  9. Creativity - Wikipedia

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    Products of creativity may be intangible (e.g. an idea, scientific theory, literary work, musical composition, or joke), or a physical object (e.g. an invention, dish or meal, piece of jewelry, costume, a painting). Creativity may also describe the ability to find new solutions to problems, or new methods to accomplish a goal. Therefore ...