Semantic Search

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Semantic Search

Finds meaning & context

118.05ms
Psychology

Cognitive Bias

Systematic patterns of deviation from rational judgment. Our brains use mental shortcuts that sometimes lead to errors—l...

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Psychology

The Dunning-Kruger Effect

A cognitive bias where people with limited knowledge overestimate their competence, while experts underestimate theirs....

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Economics

The Tragedy of the Commons

An economic concept describing how shared resources get depleted when individuals act in self-interest. From overfishing...

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Mathematics

The Butterfly Effect

The concept that small causes can have large effects in complex systems. A butterfly flapping its wings might ultimately...

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Philosophy

Occam's Razor

A problem-solving principle that states the simplest explanation is usually correct. When faced with competing hypothese...

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Psychology

The Overview Effect

A cognitive shift reported by astronauts viewing Earth from space. Seeing our planet as a fragile blue marble floating i...

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Keyword Search

Finds exact matches only

1.55ms

No exact keyword matches found.

This is where semantic search shines!

Why the difference?

Semantic search converts your query into a vector embedding and finds concepts with similar meaning using cosine similarity. It understands that "irrational choices" relates to "cognitive bias" even without matching keywords.

Keyword search only finds exact text matches. If your words don't appear in the content, you won't find it—even if it's exactly what you're looking for.