
One day, you read a piece of news that completely alters the course of your life. The day before, no one had taken the possibility seriously. Experts were discussing a different scenario, and plans had been made based on a different future. Then everything changed in an instant, and when we look back, we feel as if it had always been obvious. This strange experience has a name: Black Swan. Why Does the Color of Swans Matter? For centuries, people in Europe believed all swans were white. This see
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Almost everyone carries in their mind a scene they occasionally revisit—a word left unsaid, a step never taken, a question left unanswered. Even after years have passed, that moment remains alive in some corner of the mind, surfacing unexpectedly at random times. Why Does the Mind Remember What Wasn’t Done Rather Than What Was? People often feel regret not for what they did, but for what they did not do. Whatever the outcome of a decision we made, the mind tends to treat it as a “closed file.” B
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In German, there is a word called "Torschlusspanik." The term originates from medieval European walled cities: at a certain hour at night, the main gates would close, leaving anyone outside to the mercy of wild animals, bandits, and the cold. "Gate-closing panic" — this fear emerged directly from that image: the dread of being unable to enter in time, of being late, of being left outside as the gates shut behind you. Today, no one fears city gates of course. But this word has survived vividly in
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Ömer Said Aydın
MuTraditional decision making approaches provide solutions based on precise and clear data, but in real-life situations, decision makers often encounter conditions characterized by uncertainty and ambiguity. In such cases, traditional Multi-Criteria Decision Making Techniques (MCDM) may have certain limiting factors. At this point, fuzzy logic comes into play, enabling decision makers to handle uncertainty more effectively. Fuzzy logic based MCDM approaches offer the ability to process data sets t
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Fatma Nur Tip
ElOrigin Intihap is derived from the Arabic word intiḫāb (انتخاب). This term is formed in the iftiʿāl pattern from the Arabic verb naḫaba, meaning “to select” or “to choose,” and carries the meaning of “selection, preference.” Areas of Use Politics: Used to refer to electoral processes and the selection of candidates. Law: Used to define official voting and selection procedures. History: Describes the selection of rulers or representatives in historical periods. Literary Language: Used in expressi
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Fatmanur Mavibaş
AnThe Anchoring Effect refers to a cognitive bias in which individuals rely disproportionately on initial information, known as the anchor, when making judgments under uncertainty. This heuristic plays a fundamental role in decision-making, particularly in numerical estimation, evaluation, negotiation, and risk assessment. It reveals how initial values subtly, yet powerfully, influence subsequent reasoning. Historical Background The term was first introduced by psychologists Amos Tversky and Danie
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Asusena Ela Öztürk