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                        1. Thread of Wikipedia articles for topics that I wish more people understood
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                        The Law of Diminishing Marginal Utility: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marginal_utility
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                  The "libre" vs. "gratis" distinction: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_libre
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          oh right, can't believe I forgot this one: the Is/Ought Problem! Too often there are debates like "This isn't who we are" vs. "No, it actually is" when it should actually be "This *shouldn't be* who are": en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Is%E2%80%93ought_problem
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        Similarly with "We don't do that here" vs. "No, we do actually do that here" when it should actually be "We *shouldn't* do that here"
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      Tying in with the "Availability Bias" article linked previously in this thread, there's also the Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon, or Frequency Illusion: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion
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    Rivalrous vs. non-rivalrous goods: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivalry_(economics)