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June 2, 2026
<p>We’ve all used the excuse. You walk into the kitchen, stare blankly at the open refrigerator, and realise you have absolutely no idea what you came for. “Ugh, I have the memory of a goldfish,” you mutter to yourself.</p><p>It’s a universally understood piece of cultural shorthand. We are told, and thus we assume, that the humble goldfish (Carassius auratus) lives in a perpetual loop of instant reset: a serene, blissful existence where every three seconds the universe is born anew.</p><p>There’s just one problem: It’s complete nonsense.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://fightingassumptions.substack.com/p/the-three-second-lie-why-your-goldfish">Read more…</a></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Fighting Assumptions at <a href="https://fightingassumptions.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">fightingassumptions.substack.com/subscribe</a>
May 2, 2026
<p>Imagine you flick a switch and, in a fraction of a second, a lamp across the room hums to life. We’ve all been taught the same “common sense” explanation: the battery or wall outlet pushes electrons through the copper wire like water through a garden hose, and those electrons carry the energy to the bulb.</p><p>It is a beautiful, logical, and intuitive model. It’s also almost entirely wrong.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://fightingassumptions.substack.com/p/electricity-is-not-water-breaking">Read more…</a></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Fighting Assumptions at <a href="https://fightingassumptions.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">fightingassumptions.substack.com/subscribe</a>
April 10, 2026
<p>Today, we are tackling a phrase you’ve probably used to comfort a friend: <strong>“Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.”</strong></p><p>We use it to reassure people. Survived a freak round of corporate layoffs? Don’t worry, lightning never strikes twice. Dealt with a bizarre plumbing disaster? Relax, lightning never strikes twice. It is a linguistic pat on the back, implying that the universe operates on a strict quota system for bad luck. Once you’ve paid your dues to statistical improbability, you are safe.</p><p>It is a lovely sentiment. But as a scientific rule of thumb? It is dangerously, objectively wrong. In fact, lightning loves to strike twice. And three times. And sometimes a hundred times.</p><p>It’s time to retire this assumption.</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://fightingassumptions.substack.com/p/lightning-does-strike-twice-and-thrice">Read more…</a></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Fighting Assumptions at <a href="https://fightingassumptions.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4">fightingassumptions.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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