General Knouladge: Practical Thinking Quiz

Actively seeking disconfirming evidence

Consulting only like-minded peers

Repeating past decisions

Relying solely on gut feelings

Look for a plausible mechanism and rule out confounders

Use majority voting of observers

Trust anecdotes over data

Assume causation if two things coincide

Set a brief timebox and use a checklist of key criteria

Flip a coin to choose fast

Consult every stakeholder first

Delay until full information arrives

Choose the option that feels most comfortable

Judge options by future costs and benefits only

Double down on prior choices to justify them

Include past expenses when forecasting

Prefer complex explanations over simple ones

Accept claims from well-known people without question

Judge only by how confident the expert sounds

Check if the claim has reproducible evidence and transparent methods

Keep goals vague to allow flexibility

Assume resources will scale automatically

Add features whenever stakeholders request them

Define clear objectives and agreed constraints up front

Ignore outliers because they're always mistakes

Prefer visual charts over numbers always

Consider sample size and variability before trusting a trend

Assume each observed trend will continue indefinitely

Avoid analyzing failures to move on quickly

Assume failure was due to bad luck only

Blame individuals to discourage repetition

Conduct a brief root-cause review and capture one improvement