What should you do if you, an innocent person, find yourself in the middle of an FBI investigation? You prepare to fend for yourself. You might think that the FBI wants to uphold truth and justice, but Iveta Cherneva’s experience may flip that notion on its head. She attests that they tried to tarnish her name and did everything in their power to let the criminals walk free. Read full article here
Education
Overcoming Bias
Kai Cheng’s professor had a brilliant scheme. In his first lecture, he promised that each lecture would feature a “Lie of the Day”. But why? It made his students more attentive and analytical, poring over every detail of his lecture and making sense of why things were true. It was such a powerful teaching method that his students digested his most technical lectures quite easily because they tried so hard to catch his lie. The kicker? There was no lie in that first lecture; he had lied about that too! Read full article here
Merv
August 17, 2022
