Our minds are magical. You can do anything you set your mind to. You can make up your mind, change your mind, or be in two minds. Something can be on our mind, be kept in mind, or slip our mind. Our minds can also go blank, or we can choose to take our minds off something. They can also be blown, bent, or boggled. And yet, despite all that, there’s still plenty we don’t fully understand about how they work.
That’s partly what makes the psychological tricks we’ve selected from a thread started by u/Organic_Guitar5266 so fascinating. Sure, most of them are sneaky, a little on the “dark” side, and involve genuinely messing with people. But many also reveal some of the strange little quirks and blind spots that influence how we think, see, and behave.
