Tag: Wrong

You’re Using ChatGPT Wrong! Here’s How to Be Ahead of 99% of ChatGPT Users

Most of us use ChatGPT wrong. We don’t include examples in our prompts. We ignore that we can control ChatGPT’s behavior with roles. We let ChatGPT guess stuff instead of providing it with some information. This happens because we mostly use standard prompts that might help us ge...

You Are Using Apple Notes Completely Wrong

When Apple first introduced the Notes app, many of us saw it as a digital post-it — a place to jot down quick thoughts or cooking recipes. But over the years, Apple Notes has evolved, becoming more than just a basic note-taking app; and it is now a multifaceted tool capable of handling sket...

Why Are the Libs Wrong About Everything?

Why are the libs wrong about everything? Progressivism (also called “liberalism” today in US English) began during the French Revolution. The progressists wanted to deconstruct the established order to give people two things: Freedom (liberté) Equality (égalit...

Have We Been Getting Meritocracy All Wrong?

At the heart of many popular debates on economics in America today lies a simple ethical question: Does a billionaire deserve to be a billionaire? Proponents of free-market capitalism might answer with a resounding, “Yes!” The billionaire worked hard and produced value the market...

Why I m Busy is the New I m Fine— And What s Wrong With That

Remember when bumping into an acquaintance meant the almost robotic exchange of “How are you?” followed by the equally predictable “I’m fine”? Well, times have changed, my friends. Now, it’s not uncommon to hear, or perhaps proudly declare, “I’ve be...

You’ll Get These 10 Feelings When You’re With The Wrong Person

Life brings us many challenges, but perhaps one of the most challenging at all…is admitting that we’ve chosen the wrong partner. The implications of such are vast. It makes you question your own judgment. You’re worried about what other people will think. Are you supposed to go...

Why I’m Wrong About Everything (And So Are You)

Five hundred years ago cartographers believed California was an island. Doctors believed that slicing your arm open and bleeding everywhere could cure disease. Scientists believed fire was made out of something called phlogiston. Women believed rubbing dog urine on their face had anti-aging benefits...

Have We Been Getting Meritocracy All Wrong?

At the heart of many popular debates on economics in America today lies a simple ethical question: Does a billionaire deserve to be a billionaire? Proponents of free-market capitalism might answer with a resounding, “Yes!” The billionaire worked hard and produced value the market...

Why Are the Libs Wrong About Everything?

Why are the libs wrong about everything? Progressivism (also called “liberalism” today in US English) began during the French Revolution. The progressists wanted to deconstruct the established order to give people two things: Freedom (liberté) Equality (égalit...

You’ll Get These 10 Feelings When You’re With The Wrong Person

Life brings us many challenges, but perhaps one of the most challenging at all…is admitting that we’ve chosen the wrong partner. The implications of such are vast. It makes you question your own judgment. You’re worried about what other people will think. Are you supposed to go...

You’re In The Wrong Location…

You see, the caption emphasizes the importance of location and how it can affect the value of things. let me explain… The Importance of Location Location plays a significant role in determining the value of things. As the caption suggests, the value of a bottle of water can vary f...

5 Signs You’re Doing Something Very Wrong In Your Business

You don’t have to be breaking the law to be doing something incredibly wrong as an entrepreneur, and I’m not just talking about ethics and morals. I’m referring to the day-to-day indications that you’re kind of running a creaky, leaky, unstable ship that just might be he...

Wait, Wait! We’ve Started Out on the Wrong Foot

There’s a change in the wind, can you feel it? There seems to be a sense of foreboding, like when we’re watching a disaster film where, before the catastrophe hits, the world is strangely quiet and then the birds suddenly scatter off the trees, or a deer sniffs the air and then bolts awa...

Ya got it or ya don’t, right? (Wrong.)

While it is true that some people are more naturally charismatic, understanding the parts of charisma can help you build your own charismatic style. Being able to authentically communicate what you’re excited about to your team can be infectious. Becoming a more charismatic leader can enhan...

The Five Wrong Ways To Ask For A Promotion

Getting promoted feels like you have been rewarded for all the hard work and heroic feats you have accomplished. You excel in your job and want even more, and the next step feels like it's just a conversation away. Daily, on LinkedIn and Twitter, I see posts about how to ask your boss for a p...

You’re doing respectful and constructive feedback all wrong!

Time and time again the topic of how to offer useful feedback comes up. I had previously written about how one might solicit such feedback, but today I want to write about what it means to be respectful and constructive, as well as provide some tools helping with providing better feedback to others....

Is communicating in person the “gold standard”? You’re asking the wrong question

Communication has been described as the “most important skill of the 21st century”. Yet myths circulate about what counts as ‘good’ communication, including what counts as the optimal circumstances for communicating. Myths arise partly because research in psychology and relat...

You’re Complaining About The Olympics Wrong

We’re right in the middle of the phase that precedes most global sports mega-events: apocalyptic predictions and violent rejection. This usually gives way to a second phase, when the television show actually begins, everything goes mostly fine (fingers crossed here in Rio), and attention shift...

10 Reasons Dispensationalism is Unbiblical, Wrong and Deceptive

Many people today believe or are influenced by dispensationalist theology when it comes to their views on the end times, but are these teachings correct? Today I want to give you 10 reasons (in no particular order) why dispensationalism is not only unbiblical, but flat out wrong and deceptive. #1...

What I Got Wrong in 2023

The article points out that italics can help give meaning to content. For example, we might use italics to emphasize certain words (as in the paragraph above) or to set apart published works such as newspapers and book titles. Bottom line? From now on, I’ll avoid italicizing long text block...

Women Are Focusing on the Wrong Chakra

If you’ve been taught that your spiritual power base is down at the bottom, the Root chakra that’s associated with grounding and support, you’ve been misled. For those who female-identify, your crucial power base is actually the second chakra. This became clear to ener...

Where the 15-Minute City Went Wrong

In 2023, my focus was deeply invested in understanding the modern conception of ‘the self,’ exploring how this conception interacts with public life, our institutions, and with the intangible. This journey unveiled the complex ways in which these personal and societal dimensions intertwi...

Why Things Go Wrong

The university president who resigned a few days ago, a woman named Liz Magill, is probably relieved to no longer be in the eye of such a hectic hurricane, but something else, besides her reputation, matters equally to the university at large. Every university and college president, whether it be Iv...

Wrong Asian, Again

Quon Tai came from a prominent Chinese American family in the Northwest, spent a good part of her youth performing on the vaudeville circuit, and later married artist and film director Harry Lachman. Once Harry’s film career took off, Quon Tai became a well known party hostess in Hollywood cir...

Einstein Was Wrong and Physics Is in a Hole

Standard general relativity predicts that the so-called spacetime around a black hole curves such that, for a particle approaching its event horizon, the length the particle has to travel does not change, just that the length is compacted into a smaller amount of space. The example of...

Right person wrong time

Lately I’ve seen so many content about how Mia and Sebastian from La La Land or Jess and Rory from Gilmore Girls are the right representation of a “right person wrong time” trope. And as much as I love them, I still firmly believe that if it’s not the right time, then it simp...

How to make galaxies with the wrong amount of dark matter

For nearly all large-scale objects, dark matter is a vital part of the story. The cosmic web that we see, the largest-scale structure in the entire Universe, is dominated by dark matter. Simulations of the large-scale structure of the Universe must include both dark matter and normal matter, ...

Is it not logically wrong to make proofs in one field of mathematics, by using tools belonging to another one, since they start from different axioms?

It is as long as one does not prove the existence of an isomorphism (which between algebra and geometry is provable). If one postulates the continuity of real numbers and the continuity of points on a line, it can be shown that there is a one-to-one correspondence between numbers and points and t...

Math Says You’re (Probably) Cutting Your Sandwiches Wrong

Ahhh, the sandwich. Truly, it is one of life’s greatest conveniences. At its minimum, it is a delicious treat. But at its maximum, it can be an entire meal literally within your fingertips. To boot, the sandwich components can range to fit any mood. Need something refreshing and light? How abo...

You’re Thinking About Randomness Wrong

The outcome itself is not random as it cannot change without repeating the process that generated it. It can be unknown but it is not unknowable. Bayesians are interested in the observer and use probability to describe the reasonable expectation they may have of the unknown given the information ava...

What is wrong with India ?

Growing up, my heart was deeply intertwined with the fabric of my homeland, India. Its tapestry of vibrant cultures, storied history, and the enduring warmth of its people instilled in me a profound sense of pride, a pride I carried with me wherever I roamed. However, the serene harmony of this love...