My Mind Spent My Paycheck
by The Grump on Jan.19, 2010, under Interesting
I always knew our minds were capable of getting us into trouble, especially when dealing with money. On Cracked.com today there is an article discussing logical fallacies that cost us money (warning science involved). Our brains are dooming us in so many ways and we are powerless to stop them. It is an excellent (and of course amusing) article that is definitely worth the read.
The fallacies covered in the article are that your brain:
6. Thinks The Future Is an Urban Legend
5. Believes It Can Use Its Own Stupidity as a Time Machine
4. Won’t Let You Get Rid of Useless Shit
3. Throws Good Money After Bad
2. Has No Idea What Money’s Worth
and
1. Sucks at Figuring the Odds
If you think about it I am sure you know somebody (perhaps even you) who have sinned from the above list. Things like buying lottery tickets and renting storage for shit you don’t even like enough to put in your house come to mind. But the bottom line is that this is completely ridiculous. I would never be suckered into something so silly. I am off to install DDO and purchase a bunch of upgrades for my characters. It is free to play now after all, right?
