15 Mental Models To Understand Psychology - Gurwinder Bhogal - #385

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Hello, everyone. Welcome back to the show. My guest today is Gurwinder Bhogal. He's a programmer and a writer. I got tagged in a monstrous thread of Gurwinder's on Twitter, exploring human nature and cognitive biases and mental models and status games and crowd behavior and stuff. And it's one of the best things that I've read this year. So I just had to bring him on to talk about it. Today, expect to learn how saying ridiculous things can be a test of loyalty, why people can be too stupid to know that they're stupid, why million to one odds happen eight times a day in New York City, why the bullshit principle is actually a thing, why everyone is seeing racism everywhere and much more. This is a thing about the internet, man. Like, it's awful, apart from a few times when it's absolutely amazing, just finding this guy out of nowhere, bringing him on the show and having this unbelievable hour and a half conversation, talking about all of the stuff that I'm fascinated by. Thank you to whoever it was that tagged me on Twitter. This leads me quite nicely into the Modern Wisdom Locals Community launching this Monday, the 18th of October. It's precisely why I want to create this. It's a place where everyone that listens to the show can get together and talk about episodes, submit ideas for guests, things that they've seen, articles that they want me to comment on, or react to on YouTube or on the podcast, suggestions for guests, I can do private live streams. We can talk about all of the stuff that we can't on the normal internet. I'm really, really excited. It also means that you can support the show. If you love it, you can actually help us grow by giving us your support, but you can also access it for free. This will be live on Monday. Check out the Instagram, check out my Instagram. I'll have the links on there or if you're on the mailing list or if you listen to the intro to Monday's episode with Mr. Daniel Sloss. In other news, this episode is brought to you by Pure Sport CBD. They've just restocked their unwind blend, which was sold out again. It is my favorite sleep remedy if you are struggling to sleep on a nighttime. This is an awesome place to start. It's an all natural mix of CBD and chamomile and lavender and vitamin B complex, which you take just before you're about to go to bed. It's an essential group of vitamins the body needs every day, which helps to reduce stress and enhance your mood. It will help you to get to sleep sooner, stay asleep throughout the night, and wake up feeling more rested and revitalized in the morning. The other product I'm loving from Pure Sport at the moment is their Mushroom Mind and Body Blend, which is a mix of six mushrooms that seeks to enhance focus and also aid in relieving stress and anxiety. It improves cognitive function and helps you to stay awake throughout the day. Lion's Mane and Rishi and Shiitake and Cordyceps, all blended together in the optimal dosage at the highest possible quality. You can get 20% off all full priced items with the code MW20 by going to puresportcbd.com/modernwisdom. They ship internationally, so no matter where you are, you can get this direct to your door, puresportcbd.com/modernwisdom and MW20 at checkout for 20% off. And in other other news, this episode is brought to you by DW Aligners. You can get the perfect straight smile that you have always dreamed of, 70% cheaper than other invisible aligner methods in as little as three to six months. They've just released their nighttime aligners as well, which allows you to get straight teeth while you sleep. If you can't be bothered to wear them during the day, or you have a job like maybe you're a vodka tester, or maybe you're a public speaker or something, and you can't wear them during the day, you can actually wear them only at night, and you will still get that same straight teeth service. You get a treatment coordinator that guides you through every step of the way. There's a team of registered dentists that check in on you and make sure that everything is moving forward appropriately. They use artificial intelligence, which is half a billion scans deep and counting to help you get the straight smile that you want 70% cheaper than other invisible align methods. Head to dwaligners.co.uk/modernwisdom. You can check out all of the options that they've got. Look at the prices and book in a scan dwaligners.co.uk/modernwisdom.
But now please give it up for Gurwinder Bhogal.