This is 1400

Weekly reads on human behaviour, and how Islam addressed the same patterns centuries before science gave them names.

Modern science has spent decades naming things humans have always done.

The Sunk Cost Fallacy. The Dunning-Kruger Effect. The Spotlight Effect. Goodhart’s Law. Each one a label researchers gave to a pattern you have probably lived through without knowing it had a name.

What most people do not know is that the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, addressed these same patterns over 1400 years ago. Not vaguely. With a precision that is hard to dismiss once you see it.

That is what this newsletter is about.

Each week, one concept from psychology, economics, or philosophy. What it means, where you have probably seen it in your own life, and then the connection to the revelation that preceded the research by centuries.

The parallels are not always exact. Some are direct. Some are broader. But the pattern is consistent enough that it stopped feeling like coincidence a long time ago.

If you are new to the revelation, you do not need any background. The concepts stand on their own and the context builds naturally as you read. If Islam is already part of your life, I think you will find what is here harder to ignore than most things you have read recently.