LW
What's In A Name?
Scott examines the name letter effect, where people subconsciously prefer things that sound like their names, affecting major decisions like where to live, career choices, and who to marry.
6 min read 845 words
A thread through the archive
subconscious influences
Essays tagged “subconscious influences”. Follow an idea across the archive.
Essays on subconscious influences
2 essaysLW
What I Tell You Three Times Is True
Scott argues that affirmations (repeatedly stating goals aloud) might actually work based on evidence that subconscious beliefs affect success and that verbal repetition influences subconscious beliefs, though he acknowledges this needs proper scientific study.
9 min read 1,379 words