{"type":"doc","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"I saw a saying (\"People tend to overestimate change in short term, and underestimate it in long term\") which felt true and it made me realize that it would be nice to have a place to collect all the evidence which shows such sayings to be correct or not (or uncertain). "}]},{"type":"paragraph"},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"All cultures are full of folk knowledge, common knowledge, and other kinds of pithy statements which get uttered as though they are \"obvious\" and the person is just reminding you. But it's well known that much such \"knowledge\" is incorrect. Remembering which are true and which aren't is currently a pain. Having a place to collect everything together would save a lot of time and wasted argument."}]},{"type":"paragraph"},{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"Some other examples :"}]},{"type":"bulletList","content":[{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph","content":[{"type":"text","text":"The first 80% of the work takes the first 80% of the time and the remaining 20% of the work takes the other 80% of the time"}]}]},{"type":"listItem","content":[{"type":"paragraph"}]}]},{"type":"paragraph"}]}