Explore difficult ideas through clear, interactive explanations. https://concepts.amirulfitri.com/ 2026-10-23T00:00:00Z Amirul Fitri https://concepts.amirulfitri.com/concepts/ad-hominem/ 2026-10-23T00:00:00Z

An ad hominem fallacy rejects a claim by attacking its speaker instead of addressing the reasons for the claim.

https://concepts.amirulfitri.com/concepts/learned-helplessness/ 2026-10-21T00:00:00Z

Past experiences of having no control can leave us less likely to act even when action could now help.

https://concepts.amirulfitri.com/concepts/baumol-effect/ 2026-10-20T00:00:00Z

Services with slow productivity growth face rising costs when they must compete for workers with more productive industries.

https://concepts.amirulfitri.com/concepts/streisand-effect/ 2026-10-12T00:00:00Z

Trying to hide or remove information can unintentionally draw more attention to it.

https://concepts.amirulfitri.com/concepts/hedonic-treadmill/ 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z

As people get used to an improvement, its initial excitement can fade and leave them wanting the next improvement.

https://concepts.amirulfitri.com/concepts/red-queen-hypothesis/ 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z

Species may need to keep evolving just to maintain their chances of survival as other species evolve too.

https://concepts.amirulfitri.com/concepts/diminishing-marginal-utility/ 2026-09-20T00:00:00Z

As you consume more of something, each extra unit often adds less satisfaction than the one before.

https://concepts.amirulfitri.com/concepts/parasocial-relationship/ 2026-09-17T00:00:00Z

A lasting sense of connection to a media figure can grow even when they do not know you personally.

https://concepts.amirulfitri.com/concepts/faux-pas/ 2026-09-14T00:00:00Z

A faux pas is a social misstep that clashes with the expectations of a particular situation.

https://concepts.amirulfitri.com/concepts/latency-vs-bandwidth/ 2026-09-11T00:00:00Z

Latency is the delay in communication; bandwidth is how much data a connection can carry per second.

https://concepts.amirulfitri.com/concepts/hormetic-effect/ 2026-09-07T00:00:00Z

A small dose of a stressor can stimulate a biological response, while a larger dose suppresses it.

https://concepts.amirulfitri.com/concepts/ulysses-contract/ 2026-09-01T00:00:00Z

A calm decision now deliberately limits your later choices so a predictable temptation cannot overrule what matters to you.

https://concepts.amirulfitri.com/concepts/cargo-cult/ 2026-08-29T00:00:00Z

Copying the visible form of a successful practice does not reproduce the hidden mechanism that made it succeed.

https://concepts.amirulfitri.com/concepts/sputnik-moment/ 2026-08-28T00:00:00Z

A rival's visible achievement can turn a suspected strategic gap into an urgent, collective response.

https://concepts.amirulfitri.com/concepts/cognitive-dissonance/ 2026-08-27T00:00:00Z

Why a deed you cannot undo creates mental tension that is usually relieved by quietly changing what you believe, not what you did.

https://concepts.amirulfitri.com/concepts/jevons-paradox/ 2026-08-26T00:00:00Z

Why making each use of a resource cheaper can encourage enough extra use to increase total consumption.

https://concepts.amirulfitri.com/concepts/gross-domestic-product/ 2026-08-25T00:00:00Z

How the value of new, final goods and services produced inside a country is measured.

https://concepts.amirulfitri.com/concepts/prisoners-dilemma/ 2026-08-25T00:00:00Z

Why rational individual choices can produce worse collective outcomes.

https://concepts.amirulfitri.com/concepts/principle-of-subsidiarity/ 2026-08-24T00:00:00Z

Why decisions should stay close to the people affected unless a wider level is genuinely needed.